Across
- 3. written documentation by a physician giving permission to medical personnel not to attempt resuscitation in the event of a cardiac arrest
- 4. written documentation that specifies medical treatment for a competent patient should the patient become unable to make decisions
- 6. false and damaging information about a person that is communicated in writing
- 8. failure to provide the same care a person with similar training would provider
- 9. type of consent in which a patient who is unable to give consent is given treatment under the assumption that he or she would want treatment
- 11. unlawfully touching a patient or providing care without consent
- 12. unlawfully placing a patient in fear of bodily harm
- 14. permission for treatment given by a competent patient after the risks, benefits, and alternatives have been explained
Down
- 1. termination of care by the EMT without transferring care
- 2. a type of advanced directive that appoints another individual to make medical decisions for that patient in the event that person cannot make decisions
- 3. the communication of false information about a person that is damaging to that person's reputation
- 5. able to make rational decisions about personal well-being
- 7. false and damaging information about a person that is spoken
- 10. a type of consent in which a patient gives verbal or nonverbal authorization for treatment
- 13. wrongful acts that give rise to a civil lawsuit
- 15. ability to understand and process information and make a choice regarding appropriate medical care