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Volume 1, Chapter 7
Medical-Legal Aspects of EMS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The range of duties and skills allowed and expected to perform is called: | Scope of practice |
| Stage of a law suit where all relevant information bout an incident is shared with all parties. | Discovery |
| This can occur during any stage of a law suit. | Settlement |
| Recognition granted to an individual who has met predetermined qualifications to participate in a certain activity. | Certification |
| Process used to regulate occupations. | Licensure |
| Laws that protect a person from liability if that person acts in good faith, is not negligent, acts within their scope of practice, and does not accept payment. | Good Samaritan Laws |
| A deviation from accepted standards of care recognized by law for the protection of others against unreasonable risk of harm. | Negligence |
| A formal contractual or informal legal obligation to provide care. | Duty to act |
| Performance of a wrongful or unlawful act by a paramedic. | Malfeasance |
| Performance of a legal act in a manner that is harmful or injurious. | Misfeasance |
| Failure to perform a required act or duty. | Nonfeasance |
| An intentional false communication that injures another person's reputation or good name. | Defamation |
| The act of injuring a person's character by false statements made in writing or through mass media. | Libel |
| The act of injuring a person's character by false statements spoken with malicious intent. | Slander |
| Granting permission to treat. | Consent |
| Consent given based on full disclosure. | Informed consent |
| When a person gives permission to treat. | Expressed consent |
| When it assumed a patient would want to be treated. | Implied consent |
| Court ordered treatment when the patient does not want it. | Involuntary consent |
| Termination of paramedic-patient relationship without providing for appropriate continuation of care while it is still needed. | Abandonment |
| Unlawfully placing a person in apprehension of immediate bodily harm without his or her consent. | Assault |
| Unlawfully touching another individual without his or her consent. | Battery |
| Transporting a patient without consent or restraining without proper authority or justification. | False imprisonment |
| The minimum amount of force necessary to ensure the patient does not cause injury to himself, you, or others. | Reasonable force |
| Document created to ensure that certain treatment choices are honored when a patient is unconscious or unable to express his choice of treatments. | Advanced directive |
| Legal document that allows a person to specify the kinds of medical treatment he wishes to receive. | Living will |
| ________ __________ originated with the English legal system and was adopted by Americans in the 1700s. | Common law |
| __________ __________ is enacted by an administrative or governmental agency at either the federal or state level. | Legislative law |
| The _______ _________ is the location of most of the cases in which a paramedic may become involved. | State court system |
| On-scene licensed physicians who are professionally unrelated to the patient and who are attempting to assist with patient care are calle: | Intervener physicians |
| Legislative statues that generally protect the person who provides care at no charge at the scene of a medical emergency are: | Good Samaritan Laws |
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