Chapter 4 Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues Flashcards
(14 cards)
Authority granted to a teacher or other adult by a child’s parents to make treatment decisions in their absence is called:
in loco parentis
Mentally competent adults of legal age who accept care from an EMS crew are said to give:
expressed consent
EMS personnel can treat unconscious patients because the law holds that rational patients would consent to treatment if they were conscious; this principle is known as:
implied consent
Minors who are married or of a certain age and who are legally able to give consent for medical care are known as:
emancipated
When a patient refuses care, he or she must sign a(n):
release form
Refusal to go to a hospital may be a form of _____, or unwillingness to accept the idea of illness.
denial
If an EMT forces a competent patient to go to the hospital against his or her will, the EMT may be charged with:
assault
A legal document, usually signed by the patient and his physician, stating that the patient has a terminal illness and does not wish to prolong life through resuscitative efforts is called a(n):
DNR order
A person whom the signer of a document names to make health care decisions in case the signer is unable to make such decisions is called a(n):
proxy
Legislative measures intended to provide legal protection for citizens and some health care personnel who administer emergency care are known as:
Good Samaritan laws
An EMT’s obligation in certain situations to provide care to a patient is referred to as a(n):
duty to act
If a jury finds that an EMT had a duty to a patient, that the EMT failed to carry out that duty properly, and that his action caused harm to the patient, the EMT would be guilty of:
negligence
Statutes that allow a person to abandon his or her personal duties and legally drop off a child to an EMS station or other public safety building are called:
safe haven laws
