unit one

Question 1

definition of an athletic trainer

Answer 1

parts of the health care team services include injury, illness prevention, and education

Question 2

public medicine

Answer 2

often preformed infant of cameras and crowds

Question 3

codes of ethics

Answer 3

written standards for conduct, or behavior and moral philosophy

Question 4

legal responsibilities

Answer 4

the complex process of deciding and acting in the best interest of the concerns of the rest of the sport med team

Question 5

litigation

Answer 5

someone is liable for an injury and damages

Question 6

liability

Answer 6

the state of being legally responsible for the harm one causes another person

Question 7

negligence

Answer 7

the failure to give reasonable care or to do what another person

Question 8

tort

Answer 8

legal wrongs committed against a person that are the basis of litigations

Question 9

acts of omission

Answer 9

the individual fails to preform a legal duty

Question 10

acts of commission

Answer 10

the individual commits an act that is not legal

Question 11

misfeasance

Answer 11

the individual improperly does something that they have the legal right to do

Question 12

malpractice

Answer 12

negligence by a professional

Question 13

actual consent/ informed

Answer 13

usually oral consent given by a patient

Question 14

implied consent

Answer 14

in a true life or death emergency the law assumes that a patients has given permission

Question 15

minors

Answer 15

the right to consent is given to the parent if a child id <18

Question 16

cosent of the mentally ill

Answer 16

consent is given by a court or an assigned guardian

Question 17

failure to warn

Answer 17

failure to inform participants of the risk associated with an activity

Question 18

Good Samaritan law

Answer 18

provides limited protection against legal liability to any individual who chooses to provide first aid

Question 19

statute of limitations

Answer 19

sets of specific length of Time that individual may see for damage for negligence

Question 20

assumption of risk

Answer 20

an individual by expressed or implied agreement agree to take his or her own chances

Question 21

SAFE

Answer 21

supervision, aid, facilities, equpment

Question 22

NOCSAE

Answer 22

the national operating committee for safety In athletic training

Question 23

risk management

Answer 23

preventing situations that create opportunity for someone to file a law suit

Question 24

HIPPA

Answer 24

health insurance portability and accountability act