Medical/Legal And Ethical Issue

Question 1

Duty of act

Answer 1

Your duty as an EMR to respond quickly to scene

Question 2

Standard of care

Answer 2

manner of acting in front of patient or treating one

Question 3

Scope of care

Answer 3

Methodical protocols

Question 4

Ethical responsibility

Answer 4

Your responsibility’s as an EMR

Question 5

Competent

Answer 5

Having the ability to do something responsibly

Question 6

Consent of Treatment

Answer 6

Giving approval/Permission of treatment

Question 7

Expressed Consent

Answer 7

Consent to authorize the EMR provider provide treatment

Question 8

Implied Consent

Answer 8

Emr assumes care given because patient can’t respond

Question 9

Refusal of care

Answer 9

When a patient refuses the care of the EMR

Question 10

AMA

Answer 10

Against medical advice

Question 11

Advanced directive

Answer 11

Similar to power of attorney

Question 12

Living will

Answer 12

Legal document states what they want done dead or alive to them

Question 13

Do not resuscitate (DNR)

Answer 13

A written request by a patient giving permission not to resuscitate
(In order for EMS to validate a DNR, the DNR has to be the original and it has to be signed by the patient and the physician)

Question 14

Abandonment

Answer 14

When a medical professional leaves a patient before additional help arrives

Question 15

Decapitation

Answer 15

A part of the body is severed

Question 16

Rigor MORTIS

Answer 16

Temporary stiffness of the patients body after death

Question 17

Tissue decompensation

Answer 17

When the body decomposes (already dead)

Question 18

Dependent lividity

Answer 18

A red or purple coloring on the lowest part of the body (already dead); the blood pulling

Question 19

Negligence

Answer 19

Not providing the appropriate care for a patient

Question 20

Crime scene/Reportable event

Answer 20

Suspicious injury that you need to report (child abuse, elderly abuse, assault, domestic violence)

Question 21

HIPPA

Answer 21

A federal law protecting patient information( health, insurance, probability, and accountability act)

Question 22

Good Samaritan law

Answer 22

Law that encourage citizens to voluntarily help an injured or suddenly ill person by minimizing the liability errors