EMR Chapter 2 Legal Issues

Rules, regulations, and laws, though they may vary from state to state or region to region, that govern the practice of emergency responders are considered to be:

• scope of practice

• proximate causation

• negligence

• protocols

Permission for treatment obtained directly from a patient who is in need of care is

• written consent

• expressed consent

• implied consent

• emancipated consent

Patient who are able to legally consent for their treatment are also able to decline treatment. This is more commonly referred to as

• refusal of care

• healthy care proxy

• expressed consent

• advanced directives

An on-duty provider of medical assistance is said to have a(an)______ when there is an emergency call for assistance.

• proximate causation

• tort

• abandonment

• duty to act

When an emergency responder begins the care of a patient and does not complete the care provided or passed the care off to someone of equal or greater level of training he is as risk for charges of

• negligence

• proximate causation

• abandonment

• breach of duty

When responding to the scene of a crime, in addition to caring for the patient, the emergency responders should also be aware to:

• preserve evidence and note charges mad to the scene

• solve the mystery of the crime

• put themselves in harms way to protect bystanders

• take lots of pictures to share with your friends

When you have an unconscious patient and he is in need of care, what consent is used for this patient

• implied

• expressed

• refusal

• random

Communication obtained from a physician while on a call that provides assistance with your assessment or care of a patient is said to be

• protocols

• on-line medical direction

• off-line medical direction

• scope of practice

Purposely improperly caring for injuries that further injury or caused unnecessary discomfort is called

• proximate causation

• breach of duty

• abandonment

• fair game

Failure to treat patient within standard of

care may constitute???

• patient assessment

• patient abandonment

• patient arrest

• none of the above