The legal document that identifies what medical care a person will or will not accept
What is advance directive?
100
This term describes an adult who is able to understand what is happening and make decisions about his or her own care
What is competent
100
cardio
What is heart
100
these types of questions allow you to get the best idea of how the patient is feeling
What is open ended
200
the touching of a person without consent
What is battery
200
the advance directive that states the person refuses to accept resuscitation efforts in case of cardiac arrest
What is DNR
200
The term that means a patient has explicitly granted permission for care usually with spoken words or nod
What is expressed consent
200
hypo
What is below
200
true or false: good listening can be conveyed through body language
What is true
300
The level of care that can be provided by a health care professional with a specified level of training
What is scope of practice?
300
A written statement outlining what medical care a person wants done in the event that he or she can no longer consent to such care
What is living will
300
Term describing the patient's agreement to care after all the risks and benefits of that care have been explained
What is informed consent
300
hemo
What is blod
300
this barrier make require that you get an interpreter or family member's help to communicate with the patien
What is language
400
Failure to continue care until more experienced help arrives
What is abandonment?
400
type of advance directive when one person gives another the legal right and responsibility to make health care decisions for that person when he or she is no longer able to do so
What is durable power of attorney?
400
The term used to describe consent rendered when the patient is unconscious, confused or seriously injured making them unable to express their consent
What is implied consent
400
thermo
What is heat/temperature
400
true or false: the following represents good communication:
tell patient everything will be fine, give advice, ask why the patient did what he or she did
What is false
500
state the four conditions that must be present for negligence to have occurred
What is duty to act, that duty is breached, the patient suffers injury, the injury resulted from failure to act
500
True or false: Emergency personnel do not have to perform CPR on someone if a family member explains that that person has a DNR in effect
What is False. Emergency personnel must perform CPR unless the can see the written DNR order
500
If emergency personnel leave the scene after even after patient refusal without first trying all available methods to convince the person to accept care he or she may be charged with this
What is Abandonmnet
500
vaso
What is vessel
500
The call report includes all but one:
time of events
assessment findings
emergency care given
patients response to that care
who ensured that the scene was safe