2: Medical Legal

Question 1

Law based on the U.S. Constitution.

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Constitutional Law

Question 2

Law that is derived from societies acceptance of customs and norms over time. Also called case law or judge-made law.

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Common Law

Question 3

Law created by law making bodies such as congress and state assemblies. Also called statutory law.

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Legislative Law

Question 4

Law that is enacted by governmental agencies at either the federal or state level.

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Administrative Law

Question 5

Division of the legal system that deals with wrings committed against society or its members.

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Criminal Law

Question 6

THe division of the legal system that deals with non criminal issues and conflicts between two or more parties.

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Civil Law

Question 7

A civil wrong committed by one individual against another.

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Tort

Question 8

Range of duties and skills paramedics are allowed and expected to perform.

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Scope of Practice

Question 9

Laws that provide immunity to certain people who assist at the scene of a medical emergency.

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Good Samaritan Laws

Question 10

Deviation form accepted standards of care recognized by law for the protection of others against the unreasonable risk of harm.

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Negligence

Question 11

A formal contractual or informal legal obligation to provide care.

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Duty to Act

Question 12

An action or inaction that violates the standard of care expected from a paramedic.

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Breach of Duty

Question 13

A breach of duty by performance of a WRONGFUL or UNLAWFUL act.

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Malfeasance

Question 14

A breach of duty by performance of a LEGAL act in a manner that is harmful or injurious.

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Misfeasance

Question 15

A breach of duty by FAILURE to perform a required act or duty.

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Nonfeasance

Question 16

1) Duty to act
2) Breach of that duty
3) Proximate Cause of damage
4) Actual damages.

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Four parts of NEGLIGENCE

Question 17

An intentional false communication that injures another person’s reputation or good name.

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Defamation

Question 18

The act of injuring a person’s character, name, or reputation by false statements made in WRITING.

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Libel

Question 19

Act of injuring a person’s character, name, or reputation by false or malicious statements SPOKEN with malicious intent or reckless disregard for the falsity of those statements.

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Slander

Question 20

Consent for treatment that is given based on full disclosure of information.

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Informed Consent

Question 21

VERBAL, NONVERBAL or WRITTEN communication by a patient that he wishes to receive medical care.

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Expressed consent.

Question 22

Consent for treatment that is presumed for a patient who is mentally, physically, or emotionally unable to grant consent. Also called emergency doctrine.

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Implied consent

Question 23

Consent to treatment granted by the authority of a court order.

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Involuntary Consent

Question 24

A person under 18 years of age who is married, pregnant, a parent, a member of the armed forces, or financially independent and living away from home.

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Emancipated Minor

Question 25

Termination of the paramedic patient relationship without assurance that an equal or greater level of care will continue.

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Abandonment

Question 26

An act that unlawfully places a person in APPREHENSION of immediate bodily harm without his consent.

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Assault

Question 27

The unlawful TOUCHING of another individual without his consent.

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Battery

Question 28

Intentional an unjustifiable DETENTION of a person without his consent or other legal authority.

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False Imprisonment

Question 29

The minimal amount of force necessary to ensure that an unruly or violent person does not cause injury to himself or others.

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Reasonable Force.

Question 30

A document created to ensure that certain treatment choices are honored when a patient is unconscious or otherwise unable to express his choice of treatment.

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Advance Directives