Chapter 3: Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues

Question 1

What is consent & how does it influence decision making? (p 86)

Question 2

Define and compare expressed consent, implied consent, and involuntary consent (pp 87-88)

Question 3

Discuss consent by minors for treatment/transport (p 88)

Question 4

What are the local EMS protocols for using forcible restraint (pp 89-90)

Question 5

If a patient refuses treatment/transport, what is the EMT’s roles and obligations? (pp 90-91)

Question 6

Define and differentiate HIPAA, communications, and confidentiality. (pp 91-92)

Question 7

Why are DNR’s (Do Not Resuscitate) important? And discuss local protocols as they relate to the EMS environment. (pp 93-95)

Question 8

What are the physical, presumptive and definitive signs of death? (pp 95-96)

Question 9

How would you manage patients who are defined as organ donors? (p 97)

Question 10

What is the importance of medical identification devices when treating the patient? (p 97)

Question 11

What is a scope of practice? (pp 98-100)

Question 12

What is the standard for care? (pp 98-100)

Question 13

Describe the EMT’s legal duty to act (p 100)

Question 14

What is negligence? (pp 101-103)

Question 15

What is abandonment? (pp 101-103)

Question 16

What is assault and battery? (pp 101-103)

Question 17

What is kidnapping and its implications for the EMT? (pp 101-103)

Question 18

Explain the reporting requirements for special situations, including abuse, drug- or felony- related injuries, childbirth, and crime scenes.