Medical/Legal And Ethical Issue Flashcards
(22 cards)
Duty of act
Your duty as an EMR to respond quickly to scene
Standard of care
manner of acting in front of patient or treating one
Scope of care
Methodical protocols
Ethical responsibility
Your responsibility’s as an EMR
Competent
Having the ability to do something responsibly
Consent of Treatment
Giving approval/Permission of treatment
Expressed Consent
Consent to authorize the EMR provider provide treatment
Implied Consent
Emr assumes care given because patient can’t respond
Refusal of care
When a patient refuses the care of the EMR
AMA
Against medical advice
Advanced directive
Similar to power of attorney
Living will
Legal document states what they want done dead or alive to them
Do not resuscitate (DNR)
A written request by a patient giving permission not to resuscitate
(In order for EMS to validate a DNR, the DNR has to be the original and it has to be signed by the patient and the physician)
Abandonment
When a medical professional leaves a patient before additional help arrives
Decapitation
A part of the body is severed
Rigor MORTIS
Temporary stiffness of the patients body after death
Tissue decompensation
When the body decomposes (already dead)
Dependent lividity
A red or purple coloring on the lowest part of the body (already dead); the blood pulling
Negligence
Not providing the appropriate care for a patient
Crime scene/Reportable event
Suspicious injury that you need to report (child abuse, elderly abuse, assault, domestic violence)
HIPPA
A federal law protecting patient information( health, insurance, probability, and accountability act)
Good Samaritan law
Law that encourage citizens to voluntarily help an injured or suddenly ill person by minimizing the liability errors
