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A network of trained professionals linked to provide advanced, out-of-hospital care for victims of sudden traumatic injury or illness
EMS System
Describe the duties of the criminal justice first-aid provider within the EME system…
To ensure the safety of everyone, alert the EMS system, and is usually the first person to provide basic first aid to patients.
First-Aid duties may include:
(List 6)
- Wearing PPE to prevent infection
- Gaining access to a patient
- Assessing a patient for life-threatening injuries
- Alerting EMS providers and relaying all relevant medical information
- Providing a patient with basic medical care based on needs you identified during yor assessment
- Remaining with a patient until EMS provides relieve you and transport the patient to an advanced medical facility
Describe the officer’s responsibilities for providing emergancy first aid according to the CJSTC standards…
You are responsible for the patient in the first few minutes of the event. EMS system depends on your actions in those minutes. You set the foundation for the remainder of the rescue. Help other patients who are not in a critical condition by preventing more injuries, performing proper assessments, gathering medical histories, and preparing for EMS personnel to arrive.
Describe the legal and ethical responsibilities for a criminal justice first-aid provider…
Need to ask for and receive a patient’s consent, or document a patient’s refusal of treatment. The public expects, and the law requires, you to be competent with behavior that is always above reproach. Place the public’s well-being first during an emergency.
defines the standard or scope of care as “the degree of care that a reasonable person should exercise”
Black’s Law Dictionary
this protects a first-aid provider from liability for emergency care or treatment performed in good faith or emergency care or treatment that would be expected of another first-aid provider with equal training
Good Samaritan Act
Negligence occurs if all these conditions are present:
(List 4)
- Duty to act
- Breach of standard care
- Causation
*Damages
What are the 3 ways to give consent?
- Expressed Consent
- Implied Consent
- Informed Consent
is one who can make an informed decision about medical care
Competent Adult
For minors, children under age 18, you must have a parent or legal guardian’s____ before providing care.
permission
If a parent or guardian is not available in life-threatening emergencies or emergencies that could include in disability, provide emergency first aid based on the principle of _____.
implied consent
identification bracelet or necklace, carries a card in their wallet, or has a medical alert tattoo that alerts you to a specific medical condition, sush as allergy, epilepsy, or diabetes. May find a telephone number to call for detailed information about the patient
Medical Alert
Protects the rights of patients and the release of patient information
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Be aware that the medical emergency you are responding to and what the patient is experiencing _______________ to the medical condition on the medical alert.
may not always be related
delivers oxygen to and removes carbon dioxide from the blood
Respiratory System
The respiratory systems of infants and children ___ from an adut
differ
