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Legal & Ethical
McGraw-Hill Medical Emergency Care 2nd Edition Chapter 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Administrative agency | government body that implements and enforces laws passed by legislative branch |
| Appeal | attorney requests that a higher court hears the case |
| Plantiff | party that files the complaint |
| Defendant | party being sued |
| Statue of limitations | time period that you can be charged for a crime |
| Criminal Law | federal, state, or local governement prosecutes individuals for violating laws designed to safegaurd society |
| Civil Law | complaints by individuals or organizations against a defendant for illegal act or wrong doing |
| Standing Orders | written instructions that authorize EMS to perform certain medical duties BEFORE establishing direct comm. with a physician |
| Protocols | written instructions providing emergency care for certain health-related conditions. |
| Protected Health Information (PHI) | information you get from a patient |
| Competence | patients ability to understand the questions you are asking him |
| Incompetent | patient does not have the ABILITY to understand |
| Legal competence | patient must be 18 years old |
| Mental competence | patient is alert and orientated (Person, place, time, and event) |
| Medical/situational competence | temp. affects of competence due to injury or illness of situation |
| Altered mental status | under the influence of drugs (including Rx and legal drugs), medical conditons, and alcohol |
| Expressed consent | patient gives SPECIFIC permission for care and transport |
| Informed consent | must give patient enough information to make an informed decision |
| Implied consent | assumed from patient due to emergency care who is mentally, physically, or emotionally unable to provide expressed consent |
| Advanced Directices | DNR or an advanced directive which outlines care to be done when patient is unable to express their wishes |
| Assault | threatening, attempting, or causing fear of offensive physical contact |
| Battery | unlawful touching of another person without consent |
| Abandonment | terminating patient care w/o ensuring continued care at the same level or higher will be continued |
| Negligence | deviation from accepted standard of care resulting in injury to patient |
| Proximate cause | your actions or inaction caused or contributed to patients injury |
| Libel | injuring a person's name, character, or reputation by false and malicous WRITINGS |
| Slander | injuring a person's character, name, or reputation by false or malicous SPOKEN WORDS |
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