Chapter 1: Introduction to Outdoor Emergency Care

Question 1

Abandonment

Answer 1

The act of withdrawing one’s support or help from, especially in spite of duty, allegiance, or responsibility

Question 2

Assault

Answer 2

The act of making a person reasonable fear that battery will occur

Question 3

Battery

Answer 3

The act of touching someone without his or her consent

Question 4

Breach of duty

Answer 4

The failure to perform a promised act or obligation of due care

Question 5

Charles Minot “Minnie” Dole

Answer 5

The founder and creator of the National Ski Patrol

Question 6

Consent

Answer 6

Permission or approval to perform a proposed or requested action

Question 7

Doctrine of public reliance

Answer 7

A reasonable expectation held by the general public that an OEC technician can and will provide first-aid services

Question 8

Duty to act

Answer 8

A person’s legal obligation to perform an action

Question 9

Ethics

Answer 9

The science (study) of morality or behavior that defines what is “good” or “right.”

Question 10

Expressed Consent

Answer 10

Consent given when a competent injured person gives permission to provide first-aid treatment

Question 11

Good Sumaritan Laws

Answer 11

Laws that protect a person from legal liability when the person volunteers to perform an act to help someone else

Question 12

Gross Negligence

Answer 12

An intentional failure to perform a manifest duty in reckless disregard of the consequences as affecting the life or property of another. It also implies a thoughtless disregard of the consequences without the exertion of any effort to avoid them.

Question 13

Health Insurances Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA)

Answer 13

A law requiring that medical personnel who are compensated for the services they provide maintain patient confidentiality during the electronic transmission of medical records

Question 14

Implied Consent

Answer 14

A form of consent that is not expressly granted by a person, but instead is inferred from a person’s actions and the facts and circumstances of a particular situation

Question 15

Informed Consent

Answer 15

Consent a person gives based on an appreciation and understanding of the facts, implications, and possible future consequences of an action

Question 16

Minor Consent

Answer 16

Consent a parent or legal guardian gives for the treatment of a minor, because legally the minor is not competent to give consent to medical treatment. the ability to provide such consent varies among states.

Question 17

National Medical Advisor

Answer 17

A licensed physician with an interest in outdoor/wilderness medicine and ski patrolling who is appointed by the NSP’s chairman and approved by the NSP board of directors to advise the NSP in all matters of medical concerns.

Chairs the National Medical Committee

Question 18

National Medical Committee

Answer 18

A group of physicians that includes the Division Medical Advisor from each division of the NSP, the National OEC Program Director, and other physicians selected at large as approved by the National Board and the National Medical Advisor

Question 19

National OEC Program Committee

Answer 19

A committee composed of all Division OEC Supervisors and the National Medical Advisor, and chaired by the National OEC Program Director.

Provides insight and guidance and guidance to the board of directors annually on matters related to the functioning of the OEC program

Question 20

National OEC Program Director

Answer 20

A NSP member who is responsible to the board for the effective management and operation of the national OEC program. This individual is an active specialist in the field of outdoor medicine and is appointed by the NSP chairman and confirmed by the NSP board of directors. The OEC Program Director also chairs the committee

Question 21

OEC Refresher Committee

Answer 21

A committee responsible for developing the annual OEC refresher program. It is appointedand supervised by th eOEC Program Director

Question 22

National Ski Patrol System, INC

Answer 22

the largest winter rescue group in the world, as recognized by the US congress uner Title 36 of the US Code

Question 23

Negligence

Answer 23

the failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person with similar training would exercise in a similar circumstance.

Question 24

OEC

Answer 24

Outdoor Emergency Care.

A course of medical instruction developed and taught by the NSP.

Question 25

Prehospital Care

Answer 25

Any medical care rendered by trained personnel prior to arrival at a hospital.

Question 26

Refresher

Answer 26

Annual required continuing education training, usually given each year in the fall, that covers one-third of topics taught in the OEC curriculum

Question 27

Standards of Care

Answer 27

A level of care and OEC tech must render based on OEC training, local medical protocols, and the requirements of a state’s EMS system

Question 28

Standard of training

Answer 28

The training of NSP OEC technicians as set forth in the OEC course, using the text a reference

Question 29

Winter Emergency Care

Answer 29

Text developed by Dr. Warren Bowman that was the precursor to the current OEC text