Chapter 4: Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues Vocab Crossword
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1) A legal document, usually signed by the patient and their physician, which states that the patient has a terminal illness and does not wish to prolong life through resuscitative efforts. 3) A DNR order; instructions written in advance of an event. 4) A Latin term meaning "the thing speaks for itself."5) A series of laws, varying in each state, designed to provide limited legal protection for citizens and some health care personnel when they are administering emergency care. 6) The obligation not to reveal information obtained about a patient except to other health care professionals involved with the patient's care, or under subpoena, or in a court of law, or when the patient has signed a release of confidentiality. 11) Regarding a social system or professional expectations for applying principles of right or wrong. 12) For an EMT providing care for a specific patient in a specific situation, the care that would be expected to be provided by an EMT with similar training when caring for a patient in a similar situation. 13) The location where a crime has been committed or any place that evidence relating to the crime may be found. 19) Permission from the patient for care or other action by the EMT. 21) A finding of failure to act properly in a situation in which there was a duty to act, that needed care as would reasonably be expected of the EMT was not provided, and that harm was caused to the patient as a result. 23) Placing a person in fear of bodily harm. |
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2) Regarding personal standards or principles of right and wrong. 7) An obligation to provide care to a patient. 8) The consent is presumed a patient or patient's parent or guardian would give if they could, such as for an unconscious patient or a parent who cannot be contacted when care is needed. 9) In place of the parents, indicating a person who may give consent for care of a child when the parents are not present or able to give consent. 10) False or injurious information in WRITTEN form. 14) Causing bodily harm to or restraining a person. 15) A set of regulations and ethical considerations that define the scope, or extent and limits, of the EMTs job. 16) Leaving a patient after care has been initiated and before the patient has been transferred to someone with equal or greater medical training. 17) A federal law protecting the privacy of patient-specific health care information and providing the patient with control over how this information is used and distributed. 18) A civil, not a criminal, offense; an action or injury caused by negligence from which a lawsuit may arise. 20) A person who has completed a legal document that allows for donation of organs and tissues in the event of death. 22) A law that permits a person to drop off an infant or child at a police, fire, or EMS station or to deliver the infant or child to any available public safety personnel. Intent of the law is to protect children from abandonment or harm. 24) Consent given by adults who are of legal age and mentally competent to make a rational decision in regard to their medical well-being. 25) False or injurious information stated VERBALLY.26) Being held legally responsible. |
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