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Blinn Medical Legal Test

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The minimum amount of force necessary to ensure the patient does not injury themselves or others is:
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The range of duties and skills paramedics are allowed and expected to perform:
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A legal document that allows a person to specify the kinds of medical treatment he wishes to receive is:
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This type of consent is when the individual directly grants permission to treat them ( example being sticking out their arm):
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This type of consent is when the individual has given consent based on full disclosure of information.
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If a person has this type of order, it is valid, and the patient is pulseless, the Paramedic should not begin care
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This type of consent might be used for a patient under arrest who law enforcement officers determine need treatment:
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These laws protect individuals who for example, stop at the scene of a wreck and attempt to help someone:
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This is defined as a deviation from accepted standards of care recognized by the law:
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The second part of negligence that must be proven is:
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Usually a person under 18 years old is considered a:
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Releasing or discussing in public a patient's history or illness would be a violation of:
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An unconscious patient can be treated under what type of consent:
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Terminating the paramedic/patient relationship without providing for continuing care is:
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A legal obligation to perform care is:
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Duty to act
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Living will
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Breach of duty
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DNR
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Informed consent
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Implied contest
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Abandonment
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Minor
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Negligence
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Expressed consent
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Involuntary consent
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Confidentiality
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Scope of practice
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Reasonable force
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Good Samaritan laws
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The degree of care that would be expected by a similar paramedic under similar circumstances is:
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Tort law is a branch of this type of law:
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Injuring someone's character through spoken word:
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The performance of a legal act that is harmful; example being a intubation tube placed in the esophagus, fails to confirm tube, and leaves the tube in place is):
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Taking someone to the hospital without their consent is considered:
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Unlawful touching of another individual without consent is:
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Threatening to hit someone is considered:
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We operate in EMS under whose license?
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Injuring someone's character through writing:
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This occurs when a person makes an intentional false communication that injures another person's reputation or good name:

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