Semester 1 Final Flashcards
The state of being legally responsible for harm one causes another
Liability
The failure to use ordinary or reasonable care
Negligence
Assumes that an individual is a person of reasonable and ordinary prudence
Standard of reasonable care
A requirement to act towards others and the public with watchfulness, attention, caution and prudence
Duty of care
A legal wrong
Tort
When an individual fails to perform a legal duty
Nonfeasance/omission
When an individual commits an act that is not legally his to perform
Malfeasance/Commission
When an individual improperly does something he or she has the legal right to do
Misfeasance
A specific length of time to sue for damages from negligence
Statue of limitation
The individual through expressed or implied agreement assumes that some risk or danger will be involved in the particular undertaking
Assumption of risk
Provides limited protection to someone who chooses to provide first aid
Good Samaritan law
Costs of health care are monitored closely by insurance carriers
Managed care
A contract between the insurance company and policy holder
Medical insurance
HMO
Health maintenance organization
PPO
Preferred provider organization
Heat is transferred from one warmer object to a cooler one
Conduction
Heating is indirectly through another medium such as air or liquid
Convection
Heat transferred through space
Radiation
Heating through other forms of energy
Conversion
Application of heat to treat traumatic injury
Thermotherapy
Inadequate blood supply to a part of the body
Ischemia
Application of cold for first aid of trauma
Cryotherapy
Combines cryotherapy and exercise
Cryokinetics