EMS Legal Issues

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Across
  1. 3. Lawsuit filed by the government
  2. 8. Consent when risk and benefits are explained
  3. 9. Consent type in emergency detention
  4. 11. The first priority on every scene
  5. 12. "Above all else, do no _."
  6. 17. Failure to terminate care when requested
  7. 18. A set of written offline medical direction orders
  8. 19. Transporting a patient unwillingly
  9. 23. Lawsuit filed by a private party
  10. 24. Document expressing medical care wishes
  11. 25. Sign of obvious death: muscle stiffness
  12. 27. Sign of obvious death: no head
  13. 28. A legal obligation to perform care
Down
  1. 1. Document refusing resuscitation efforts
  2. 2. Transferring care to a lower level is:
  3. 4. Unlawful touching
  4. 5. Required reporting: child ___
  5. 6. When in doubt call:
  6. 7. Proved when injury is caused by breach of duty
  7. 10. Failure to perform a duty, gross vs simple
  8. 13. Consent given verbally or non-verbally
  9. 14. Consent for a minor or incompetent patient
  10. 15. Sign of obvious death: blood pooling
  11. 16. Written defamation
  12. 20. Verbal defamation
  13. 21. The skills an EMT can legally perform
  14. 22. The threat to inflict harm
  15. 26. Must be present to prove proximate cause: