Legislation

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Direct Medical Control

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Ethical

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Indirect Medical Control

Question 4

Direction given to an EMS service or paramedic by a physician

Answer 4

Medical Direction

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Profession

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Professional

Question 7

A treatment plan developed for a specific illness or injury

Answer 7

Protocol

Question 8

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.

Answer 8

standing order

Question 9

The exhaustion of physical or emotional strength.

Answer 9

Burnout

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Critical Incident

Question 11

A type of stress that a person finds overwhelming and debilitating

Answer 11

Distress

Question 12

A type of stress that motivates a person to achieve

Answer 12

Eustress

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Question 14

Blaming unacceptable feelings, motives, or desires on others.

Answer 14

Projection

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Routine Precautions

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Stress

Question 17

Any agent or situation that causes stress

Answer 17

Stressor

Question 18

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.

Answer 18

evaluation

Question 19

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.

Answer 19

injuries

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Risk Factors

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Defamation

Question 22

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.

Answer 22

do not resuscitate order (DNR)

Question 23

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

Answer 23

duty

Question 24

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

Answer 24

ethics

Question 25

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,

Answer 25

expressed consent

Question 26

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

Answer 26

false imprisonment

Question 27

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.

Answer 27

Good Samaritan Law

Question 28

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

Answer 28

gross negligence

Question 29

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

Answer 29

immunity

Question 30

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

Answer 30

implied consent

Question 31

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.

Answer 31

informed consent

Question 32

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

Answer 32

liability

Question 33

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

Answer 33

libel

Question 34

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.

Answer 34

Medical Practice Act

Question 35

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.

Answer 35

Negligence

Question 36

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

Answer 36

scope of practice

Question 37

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

Answer 37

Slander

Question 38

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

Answer 38

Standard of care

Question 39

A wrongful act that gives rise to a civil suit

Answer 39

tort

Question 40

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.

Answer 40

advance directive

Question 41

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

Answer 41

morality

Question 42

The right to direct one's own care

Answer 42

patient autonomy