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Chapter 3b-Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues

Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, Twelfth Edition
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Statutory provisions enacted by many states to protect citizens from liability for error and omissions in given good-faith emergency medical care, unless there is wanton, gross. or willful negligence.
A written document that specifies medical treatment for a competent patient, should he or she become unable to make decisions. Also known as an advance directive or a living will.
Most commonly defined by state law; outlines the care that the EMT is able to provide for the patient.
The time within which a case must be commenced.
The confinement of a person without legal authority or the person's consent
Any information about health status, provision of health care, or payment for health care that can be linked to an individual. This is interpreted rather broadly and includes any part of a patient's medical record or payment history.
When a person who has a duty abuses it, and causes harm to another individual, the EMT, the agency, and/or the medical director may be sued for negligence.
Stiffening of the body muscles; a definitive sign of death.
Able to make rational decisions about personal well-being.
False and damaging information about a person that is communicated in writing.
A code of conduct that can be defined by society, religion, or a person, affecting character, conduct, and conscience.
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Wrongful acts that give rise to a civil lawsuit.
Legal doctrine that can protect an EMS provider from being sued or that may limit the amount of the monetary judgement that the plaintiff may recover; generally applies only to EMS systems that are operated by municipalities or other governmental entities.
The right of a patient to make informed choices regarding his or her health care.
The seizing, confining, abducting, or carrying away of a person by force, including transporting a competent adult for medical treatment without his or her consent.
False and damaging information about a person that his communicated by spoken word.