Abbreviations
EMS
Emergency Medical Services
Patient verbally agrees to care
Expressed Consent
EMT's legal obligation to provide care when on duty.
Duty to Act
What is the term for moving away from the midline?
Abduction
Normal Blood Pressure for an Adult
120/80
EMT
Emergency Medical Technician
Patient agrees to care after being told all risks and benefits.
Informed Consent
Failure to provide care as a similarly trained EMT would.
Negligence
What is the term for moving toward the midline?
Adduction
Normal Pulse for an Infant
100-170 beats per minute
EMR
Emergency Medical Responder
Assumed consent when patient is unconscious or in life-threatening situation.
Implied Consent
Stopping care without transferring to someone of equal or higher training.
Abandonment
The front of the body.
Anterior
Normal Resting Respiration for a child age 6.
16-22 breath per minute
AEMT
Advance Emergency Medical Technician
When a person signs a form allowing you to treat them.
Written Consent
Transporting a competent patient against their will.
Imprisonment in EMS
The back of the body.
Posterior
Normal Pulse for an Adult
60-100 beats per minute
BSI
Body Substance Isolation
When can a minor refuse care?
If emancipated, pregnant, married, or Financially independent
Legal responsibility
Liability
Towards the outside
Lateral
Normal blood Pressure for an infant
90/61
BLS
Basic Life Support
When there is not a life or death treatment need for a minor....
Parental Consent
Person bringing a legal suit
Plaintiff
Towards the inside or middle.
Medial
Normal Resting Respiration for a 3 year old.
20-30 breaths per minute