Failure to perform a required assessment or treatment or the incorrect performance of an action is a(n):

The law that protects the confidentiality of protected health information is commonly called:

In an emergency in which a patient is so severely injured that a clear decision cannot be made, you have the right to provide care based on _____ consent.

A 16-year-old who is financially independent and living away from home as an adult by permission of the courts is called a(n) ______ minor.

Patients of legal age who are competent and who accept your care are giving _____ consent

The term _____ means the care that should be provided for any level of training based on local laws, administrative orders, and guidelines and protocols established by the local EMS system.

_____ are relatively simple documents that allow individuals to define their wishes or appoint someone else to make health care decisions on their behalf.

Certain states have _____ laws that protect care providers from civil liability for delivering care, as long as it is to their level of training and the best of their ability

T / F: When you enter a crime scene to provide patient care, you do not need to be concerned about destroying evidence because patient care is all that matters.

Protocols are verbal instructions given over the radio that are universal to all emergency medical situations

T / F: Patients with an altered mental status should not be allowed to refuse care

T / F: It is considered abandonment is when the EMR provides care but leaves a patient before an ambulance arrives for transport.

______ must alert authorities to certain events or conditions that they either know or suspect have occurred

A child was struck by a vehicle and is unresponsive in the road. You begin care for her and call for advanced care to transport her to a nearby emergency department. She can be legally treated and transported based on:

Out of the options, select the correct elements of negligence:

After talking with a patient, she decides to allow you to treat her injury and says that she will go in the ambulance to the hospital. This form of consent is known as:

During an assessment, a patient tells you that she has a DNR order. What should you do?

Ethics are the ______ principles that guide a person's right, good and proper behavior.

You have a critically injured patient who has been identified as an organ donor. How should treatment differ from that of other patients?