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Legislation Flashcards

1
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Medical direction given in real time to an EMS service or paramedic.

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Direct Medical Control

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2
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A behavior expected by an individual or group following a set of rules

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Ethical

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3
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Medical direction given through a set of protocols, policies and/or standards.

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Indirect Medical Control

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4
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Direction given to an EMS service or paramedic by a physician

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Medical Direction

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5
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A specialized set of knowledge, skills, and/or expertise.

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Profession

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A person who follows expected standards and performance parameters in a specific profession.

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Professional

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7
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A treatment plan developed for a specific illness or injury

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Protocol

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8
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A type of protocol that is a written document signed by the EMS system’s medical director that outlines specific directions, permissions, and sometimes prohibitions regarding prehospital care that is rendered prior to contacting direct medical control.

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standing order

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9
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The exhaustion of physical or emotional strength.

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Burnout

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10
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An event that overwhelms the ability to cope with the experience, either at the scene or later.

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Critical Incident

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A type of stress that a person finds overwhelming and debilitating

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Distress

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12
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A type of stress that motivates a person to achieve

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Eustress

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13
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A delayed stress reaction before an incident, often the result of one or more unresolved issues concerning the incident

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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

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14
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Blaming unacceptable feelings, motives, or desires on others.

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Projection

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15
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Protective measures for dealing with objects, blood, body fluids, or other potential exposure risks of communicable disease.

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Routine Precautions

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16
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A nonspecific response of the body to any demand made upon it

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Stress

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17
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Any agent or situation that causes stress

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Stressor

18
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Collection of the methods, skills, and activities neccessary to determine wether a service or program is needed, likely to be used, conducted as planned, and actually helps people.

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evaluation

19
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Any unintentional or intentional damage to the body resulting for acute exposure to thermal, mechanical, electrical or chemical energy or from the absence of such essentials as heat or oxygen.

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injuries

20
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Characteristics of people, behaviors, or environments that increase the chances of disease or injury. Examples are alcohol use, poverty, or gender.

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Risk Factors

21
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Intentionally making a false statement, through written or verbal communication which injures a person’s good name or reputation

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Defamation

22
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A legally binding, written order for health care providers not to provide life-saving measures during cardiac or respiratory arrest; may be created by the physician, the patient, or the patient’s substitute decision-maker.

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do not resuscitate order (DNR)

23
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Legal obligation of public and certain other ambulance services to respond to a call for help in their jurisdiction.

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duty

24
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A set of values in society that differentiates right from wrong.

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ethics

25
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A type of informed consent that occurs when the patient does something, either through words or by taking some sort of action, that demonstrates permission to provide care,

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expressed consent

26
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The intentional and unjustified detention of a person against his or her will.

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false imprisonment

27
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A statute providing limited immunity from liability to people responding voluntarily and in good faith to the aid of an injured person outside the hospital.

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Good Samaritan Law

28
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Negligence that is willful, wanton, intentional, or reckless; a serious departure from the accepted standards.

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gross negligence

29
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Legal protection from penalties that could normally be incurred under the law

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immunity

30
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assumption on behalf of a person unable to give consent that he or she would have done so.

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implied consent

31
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A patient’s voluntary agreement to be treated after being told about the nature of the disease, the risks and benefits of the proposed treatment, alternative treatments, or the choice of no treatment at all.

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informed consent

32
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A finding in civil cases that the preponderance of the evidence shows the defendant was responsible for the plaintiffs injuries

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liability

33
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Making a false statement in written form that injures a persons good name.

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libel

34
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An act that usually defines the minimum qualifications of those who may perform various health services, defines the skills that each type of practitioner is legally permitted to use, and establishes a means of certification for different categories of health care professionals.

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Medical Practice Act

35
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Professional action or inaction on the part of the health care worker that does not meet the standard of ordinary care expected of similarly trained and prudent health care practitioners and that results in injury to the patient.

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Negligence

36
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what a province permits a paramedic practicing under its license or certification to do.

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scope of practice

37
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Verbally making a false statement that injures a person’s good name.

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Slander

38
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What a reasonable paramedic with training would do in the same or a similar situation

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Standard of care

39
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A wrongful act that gives rise to a civil suit

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tort

40
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A directive from the patient while capable, either oral or written, describing his or her wishes for future medical treatment in the event that he or she becomes incapable of making health care decisions.

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advance directive

41
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A code of conduct defined by society, religion, culture, or another person that affect’s one’s character and conscience.

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morality

42
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The right to direct one’s own care

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patient autonomy

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