Legal and Ethical Principals of Emergency Care

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  1. 8. care that should be provided by responders at each level of training based on teh local laws, administrative orders, and guidelines and protocols established by the local EMS system.
  2. 9. having no reaction to verbal or painful stimuli
  3. 11. failure to provide the expected standard of care
  4. 13. to leave a sick or injured pt before equal or more highly trained personnel can assume responsibility for care
  5. 14. any individual required by law to report whenever financial, physcial, sexual, or other types of abuse or neglect have been observed or are suspected
  6. 15. refers to pts legal right and ability to make decisions concerning their medical care
  7. 18. legal erm that means to give formal permission for something to happen
  8. 19. moral principles that define behavior as right, good, and proper
  9. 20. legal form of consent that assumes that a pt who lacks the capacity or competency to provide consent would consent to receiving emergency care if they were able. May apply if pt is a minor, in unresponsive, or lacks capacity
  10. 21. requirement that EMRs, at least while on duty, must provide care according to a set of standards
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  1. 1. legal document that allows a patient to define in advance what their wishes are should they become incapacitated due to a medical illness or severe injury
  2. 2. competent adult's decision to accept emergency care
  3. 3. body of law dealing with crimes and punishment
  4. 4. refers to the treatment of information that an individual has disclosed in a relationship of trust and with the expectation that it will no be divulged to others
  5. 5. unlawful physical contact
  6. 6. state laws designed to protect certain care providers if they deliver the standard of care in good faith, to the level of their training, and to the best of their abilities
  7. 7. personal beliefs that determine how an individual actually behaves
  8. 10. law that dictaes the extent to which protected health information can be shared
  9. 12. minor whose parents or guardian(s) have surrendered the right to thier care, custody, and earnings and no longer are obligated to support the minor
  10. 16. consent granted by a pt after they have been appropriately informed of the care being suggested and associated consequences
  11. 17. pts mental ability to comprehend the situation and make rational decisions regarding their medical care