Healthcare Administration
What type of healthcare facilities are funded by government and serve uninsured, low-income, or vulnerable populations as safety-net providers?
Public Hospital
What type of hospitals are run by federal agencies like the VA or military and serve veterans and active-duty personnel?
Government Hospitals
What term describes any care that results in physical harm, pain, or mental anguish?
Abuse
What legal term describes false statements that cause a person to be ridiculed or damage their reputation?
Defamation
How many breaths and compressions do you perform for each cycle of CPR?
2 breaths and 30 compressions
What type of healthcare facility reinvests profits into services, is often religious or community-based, and is mission-driven rather than profit-driven?
Private Nonprofit Hospitals
What level of healthcare involves specialist care such as cardiologists and dermatologists?
Secondary Care
What principle requires that patient information remain private and be shared only with the healthcare team?
Confidentiality
What legal terms describe a threat or attempt to injure (assault) and the unlawful touching of another person without consent (battery)?
Assault and Battery
List at least 2 some barriers to action.
- presence of other people
- unsure of victim's condition, type of injury or illness
- fear of catching disease
- fear of doing something wrong
- being unsure when to call 911
What type of insurance plan allows out-of-network care, requires no referrals, but costs more for added freedom?
PPO — Preferred Provider Organization
What type of healthcare facility is owned by investors/shareholders and distributes profits to owners
Private For-Profit Hospitals
In contract law, what do we call the person working under the employer in this role?
Agent
What legal documents allow individuals to state what medical treatment they want or do not want if incapacitated?
Advance Directives
To preform CPR on an infant the rescuer should do compressions at a rate of _____.
at least 100 compressions a minute
What type of healthcare is the first contact for patients, providing preventive and routine care through family doctors and pediatricians?
Primary Care
What type of insurance plan requires patients to stay in-network, with a PCP acting as gatekeeper, offering lower premiums but limited freedom?
H.M.O - Health Maintenance Organization
What is the legal term for an agreement between two or more parties?
Contract
In law, what deals with wrongs against a person’s property, such as practicing without a license?
Criminal Law
What are signs that indicate a medical emergency?
Unusual noise, sight, odor, appearance, or behavior.
What level of healthcare involves experimental, rare procedures and clinical trials?
Quaternary Care
What level of healthcare includes advanced specialty services such as burn units and transplant centers?
Tertiary Care
What is the term for a law that governs relationships between individuals and defines their legal rights?
Civil Law
What legal document allows a person to appoint another to make healthcare decisions if they become incapacitated?
Designation of Healthcare surrogate
A young man was standing to close to a fire and the hair caught on fire. The fire was extinguished quickly but the skin on the forehead is mildly burned. You should ______.
Cool the burn with cold but not ice-cold water