Med II: Scene Management & Legal Issues

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Across
  1. 2. the obligation to protect information about the patient and to reveal necessary information only to those directly involved to the patient
  2. 3. a written decision made by a patient before care is required
  3. 4. first step of scene size up: ___ scene safety
  4. 10. acronym to determine a patient's responsiveness or level of consciousness
  5. 11. consent given by a person who is of legal age and sufficient mental capacity to be considered competent
  6. 12. to sort
  7. 14. oral defamation that will harm someone's reputation
  8. 15. another name for situational awareness
  9. 16. failure to act properly
Down
  1. 1. the person understands the risks and benefits of treatment and refusal of treatment
  2. 3. leaving a patient without ensuring patient care has been turned over to a person with equal or greater training
  3. 5. a threat of bodily harm
  4. 6. to publish an untruth that will harm someone's reputation
  5. 7. an intentional act that causes bodily harm
  6. 8. an incident in which the number of patients overwhelms the number of available resources
  7. 9. assumes that an unconscious person or a parent/guardian would consent to treatment if the person were conscious or the parent/guardian were available
  8. 13. permission from the patient for care or treatment