Medical Legal/Ethics

Question 1

Abandonment

Answer 1

Aermination of paramedic-patient relationship without providing for continuation of care while still needed and desired by patient.

Question 2

Administrative law (aka regulatory law)

Answer 2

Enacted by an administrative or governmental agency at either the federal or state level, OSHA for example.

Question 3

Advance Directives

Answer 3

A document to ensure certain treatment choices honored when a patient is unconscious or otherwise unable to express choice of treatments.

Living Wills, Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care, DNRs, Organ Donor Cards

Question 4

Appellate Courts

Answer 4

Will hear appeals of decisions by trial or appeals courts.

Question 5

Assault

Answer 5

Criminal or tortious (wrongful) by hreatening physical harm to a person, whether or not actual harm is done.
Unlawful placing person in apprehension of immediate bodily harm without his consent.

Question 6

Autonomy

Answer 6

A person’s control over what happens to their own physical body.

Question 7

Battery

Answer 7

Unlawful touching of another individual without his consent

Question 8

Beneficence

Answer 8

To do good.

Question 9

Benevolence

Answer 9

The desire to do good.

Question 10

Borrowed Servant Doctrine

Answer 10

If supervising other emergency care providers, you are liable for any negligent act they commit.

Question 11

Breach of Duty

Answer 11

Conduct that falls short of the standard expected under the circumstances.

Question 12

Malfeasance

Answer 12

The performance of a wrongful act.

Question 13

Misfeasance

Answer 13

The peformance of legal act in a manner that is harmful or injurious.

Question 14

Nonfeasance

Answer 14

The failure to perform a required act or duty.

Question 15

Feasance

Answer 15

The performance of an act or duty

Question 16

Certification

Answer 16

Recognition granted to individual who has met qualifications to part

Question 17

Civil Law

Answer 17

Non-criminal issues, such as personal injury, contract disputes, and matrimoial issues.

Question 18

Code of Ethics for Physicians

Answer 18

The American Osteopathic Association

Question 19

Consequentialism

Answer 19

Acitions can by judged as good or bad only after we know the consequences of those actions.

Question 20

Defamation

Answer 20

Person makes intentional false communications that injuries another person’s reputation or good name.

Question 21

Defenses to Negligence

Answer 21

Good Samaritan Laws
Governmental Immunity
Statues of limitations
Contributory or comparative neglignece

Question 22

Golden Rule

Answer 22

Do unto other as you would have them do unto you.

Question 23

Good Samaritan Laws

Answer 23

Protects a person from liability if that person acts in good faith, is not neglignet, acts within their scope of practice, and does not accept payment for services.

Question 24

Intentional Tort

Answer 24

Civile wrong committed by one person againt another based on willful act

Question 25

Libel

Answer 25

Published false statement that is damaging to a person’s reputation.

Question 26

Malfeasance

Answer 26

To do harm.
The performance of a wrongful act by the paramedic.
Breach of duty.

Question 27

Military Triage

Answer 27

Help least seriously injured ; produces greatest number of solders who can returnd to duty.

Question 28

Misfeasance

Answer 28

The performnace of a legal act in a manner that is harmful or injurious.

Question 29

Morals

Answer 29

Of or concerned with the judgement if the goodness or badness of human action and character .
Concerning what is right or purdent.
Right vs wrong as determined by personal conscience .
Social, regligous, or personal standards of right and wrong.