Chapter 3 Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues

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  1. 2. Blood settling to the lowest point of the body, causing discoloration of the skin; a definitive sign of death
  2. 7. Local protocols, usually pertaining to a particular service or area.
  3. 8. Written documentation that specifies medical treatment for a competent patient should he or she become unable to make decisions: also called living will.
  4. 17. Basing current action on lessons, rules, or guidelines derived from previous similar experiences.
  5. 18. Permission from a patient or guardian to provide care.
  6. 20. Able to make rational decisions about personal well being.
  7. 23. Unilateral termination of care by the AEMT without the patient's consent and without making provisions for transferring care to another health care professional with skills at the same level or higher.
  8. 24. A theory that may be used when the conduct of the person being sued is alleged to have occurred in clear violation of a statute.
  9. 26. A term relating to medical jurisprudence (law) or forensic medicine.
  10. 27. False statements about a person made in writing or through the mass media.
  11. 28. making an untrue statement about someone's character or reputation without legal privilege or consent of the individual.
  12. 29. The seizing, confining, abducting, or carrying away of a person by force, including transporting a competent adult for medical treatment without his or her consent.
  13. 31. Stiffening of the body; a definitive sign of death.
  14. 34. A person who is under the legal age in a given state but, because of other circumstances, is legally considered an adult.
  15. 36. A medicolegal term relating to certain personnel who by statute or by function have a responsibility to provide care.
  16. 37. A wrongful act that gives rise to a civil suit.
  17. 38. Accepted levels of medical care expected by reason of training and profession; determined by legal or professional peer organizations so that patients are not exposed to unnecessary risk or harm.
  18. 40. a type of advance directive executed by a competent adult that appoint another individual to make medical treatment decisions on his or her behalf in the event that the person making the appointment loses decision-making capacity. Also known as a durable power of attorney for health care.
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  1. 1. False verbal statements about a person.
  2. 3. A code of conduct that can be defined by society, religion, or a person, affecting character, conduct, and conscience.
  3. 4. Written documentation giving permission to medical personnel not to attempt resuscitation in the event of cardiac arrest.
  4. 5. A serious situation, such as injury or illness, that threatens the life or welfare of a person or group of people and requires immediate intervention.
  5. 6. The confinement o a person without legal authority or the person's consent.
  6. 9. conduct that constitutes a willful or reckless disregard for a duty or a standard of care.
  7. 10. Any information about health status, provisions of health care, or payment for health care that can be linked to an individual. This is interpreted rather broadly and includes any part of a patient's medical record or payment history.
  8. 11. A type of consent in which a patient gives express authorization for provision of care and transport.
  9. 12. The manner in which principles of ethics are incorporated into professional conduct.
  10. 13. Immediate care of treatment.
  11. 14. When a person who has a duty abuses it and causes harm to another individual, the AEMT, the agency, and/or the medical director may be sued for negligence.
  12. 15. Permission for treatment given by a competent patient after the potential risks, benefits, and alternatives to treatment have been explained.
  13. 16. Failure to provide the same care that a person with similar training would provide under similar circumstances.
  14. 19. Touching a patient or providing emergency care without consent.
  15. 21. for health care A type of advance directive executed by a competent adult that appoints another individual to make medical treatment decisions on his or her behalf in the event that the person making the appointment loses decision-making capacity.
  16. 22. The act of physically preventing a person from taking physical action.
  17. 25. a type of consent in which a patient who is unable to give consent is given treatment under the legal assumption that he or she would want treatment.
  18. 30. Statutory provisions enacted by many states to protect citizens from liability for errors and omissions when giving food faith emergency medical care, unless there is wanton. gross. or willful negligence or acceptance of remuneration.
  19. 32. Precise and detailed plans for a regimen of therapy (for example, advanced cardiac life support[ACLS] algorithms).
  20. 33. Decompostion of body tissues; a definitive sign of death.
  21. 35. Unlawfully placing a patient in fear of bodily harm.
  22. 39. Principles that identify conduct deemed morally desirable.