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Emergency MR
McGraw-Hill Emergency Medical Responder 2nd Edition CH 3
Question | Answer |
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Assault | Threatening, attempting, or causing fear of offensive physical contact with a patient or another individual |
Advance directive | A legal document that specifies a person's healthcare wishes when the person becomes unable to make decisions for him- or herself |
Negligence | A deviation from the accepted standard of care, resulting in further injury to the patient |
Abandonment | Terminating care of a patient without ensuring that care will continue at the same level or higher |
Battery | The unlawful touching of another person without consent |
Implied consent | Consent based on the assumption that the patient would consent to lifesaving interventions if he was able to do so |
Expressed consent | Consent in which a patient gives specific authorization for the provision of care and transport |
Duty to act | A formal contractual or an implied legal obligation to provide care to a patient requesting services |