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Vocab Chap 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abandonment | The act of discontinuing emergency care without ensuring that another health care professional with equivalent or better will take over |
| advance directive | Instructions written in advance such as a do not resuscitate DNR order, a living will, or a durable power of attorney. |
| assault | A willfull threat to inflict harm on a person |
| battery | the act of touching a person unlawfully without his consent |
| consent | permission that must be obtained before care is rendered. |
| Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) | a federal regulation that ensures the publics access to emergency health care regardless of ability to pay |
| defamation | a intentional false communication that inquires another persons reputation or good name |
| do not resuscitate (DNR) | legal document signed by Dr. and patient-which life sustaining measure if any should be taken if heart and respiratory fail |
| durable power of attorney | legal document allowing the signed person to make medical decision for the other person unable to do it himself |
| duty to act | the obligation to care for a patient who requires it |
| Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) | Federal Regulation for the public to have public access to emergency health care regardless of ability to pay. "anti patient dumping statue" |
| expressed consent | permission that must be obtained from every conscious, mentally competent adult before emergency treatment may be provided. |
| false imprisonment | the intentional and unjustifiable detention of a person without his consent or other legal authority |
| Good Samaritan Law | a law that provides immunity from liability for acts perfomed in good faith to assist at the scene of a medical emergency unless those acts are gross neg. |
| Health Insurance Portability and accountability Act (HIPPA) | federal law 1996 privacy of patients |
| implied consent | unresponsive patient in critical condition unable to respond or consent to care. "Emergency Doctrine" |
| informed consent | consent for treatment that is given by a competent patient based on full disclosure of possible risks and consequences |
| intentional tort | a wrongful act, injury, or damage that is committed knowingly |
| involuntary consent | consent that is assumed when the patient is either mentally incompetent or legally not permitted to make his own medical decisions |
| libel | the act of injuring a persons reputation or good name in writing or through the mass media with malicious intent or recklesss disregard for the falsity statement |
| living will | a legal document that delineates the signers wishes about general health care issues such as the use of long term life support measures. |
| minor consent | permission obtained from a parent or legal guardian for emergency treatment of a minor or a mentally incompetent adult. |
| negligence | the act of deviating from an accepted standard of care through carelessness, inattention, disregard, inadvertence. or oversight which results in further injury to the patient |
| physician orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST) | orders that identify the desired level of life-sustaining treatment in patients with a terminal or life-threatening not likely to survive |
| proximate cause | the act of deviating from an accepted standard of care through carelessness, inattention, disregard, inadvertence or oversight resulting in further injury |
| scope of practice | the actions and care that an EMT is legally allowed to perform, as typically defined by state law |
| slander | act of injuring a persons reputation or good name through spoken statements with malicious intent or reckless disregard for the falsity of those statements |
| standard of care | emergency care that would be expected to be given to a patient by any trained EMT under similar circumstances |
| tort | a wrongful act, injury, or damage |
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