Terms
Set of Regulations that define the legal actions expected and limitations of an EMT.
What is Scope of Practice
Defensive act use to protect an individual who provides medical care within their training and licensure.
What is the Good Samaritan
to give assent or approval : agree.
CONSENT
a legal order signed by a physician that specifies you do not want to be resuscitated in an emergency.
DNR
is the clinical oversight to all components of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system by a qualified physician
Medical Control
The term defined as to what the
EMT will do for each and every patient.
What is standard of care
person unlawfully placing a person in fear of immediate bodily harm.
Assault
literally in place of a parent; indicating a person who may give consent for care of a child when the parents are not present or able to give consent
What is in loco parentis
What is a Living Will
generally refers to the type of care that first-responders, healthcare providers and public safety professionals provide to anyone who is experiencing cardiac arrest, respiratory distress or an obstructed airway.
protocols
Failing to care for a pt. after you have made contact.
What is Abandonment
False injurious information in written form
What is "libel"
is a patient’s approval to a proposed treatment or procedure, given clearly and conspicuously, through a means such as signed consent form or verbal agreement.
what is •Expressed consent
used on the national level, this form is for people who are at the end stage of a serious life limiting illness
What is POLST
a legal binding document that allows you to appoint someone to manage your property or financial affairs
What is a
POA (power of Attorney)
A Legal obligation an EMT has to asst. a pt. while working.
What is Duty to Act
Limits the disclosure of the pt. information.
HIPPA
• (where consent is directly and clearly given with explicit words) is the agreement given by the person’s action (even just a gesture) or inaction, or can be inferred from certain circumstances by any reasonable person
what is Implied consent
a DNR; instructions written in advance of an event
What is an Advance Directive
a physician who assumes ultimate responsibility for the patient care aspects of the EMS System
Who is a
Operational Medical Director
Failure to provide the same care that a person with similar training would provide in the same or a similar situation.
Negligence
legal documents that provide instructions for medical care and only go into effect if you cannot communicate your own wishes. The two most common documents are the living will and the appointment of health care representative.
advance directives
this can occur in instances were acting without consent is necessary in order to avoid danger, this can occur when law enforcement is involved, and restraint is needed.
what is involuntary Consent
One document only gives instructions about CPR while the other document covers a variety of end-of-life treatments for patients in a condition of advanced chronic progressive frailty
What is difference between DNR and MOLST?
a person or entity authorized by a court to care for another individual who is unable to care for themselves
What is a legal guardian