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11/02/2015

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Abandoment
Definition

Termination of the patient-provider relationship by the provider without turning over care to an appropriately credentialed health care provider, when the patient is still in need of care and desires that care be continued.

 


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Assault
Definition

An Act that places a person in fear of impending physical harm.



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Battery
Definition

Illegal physical contqact with an individual.

 


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Breach of Duty
Definition
Failure to fulfill one's professional obligations.
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Certification
Definition

 

Recognition of achievement of requirements, which can e granted by any agency.

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Civil Law
Definition
Branch of law that deals with disputes between individuals and organizations, rather thatn with the commission of crimes.
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Competent
Definition
Having the mental capacity to make decisions.
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Criminal Law
Definition
Branch of law in which the government prosecutes individuals for the comission of crimes.
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Defamation
Definition
Injuring another person in reputation or occupation through malicious communication of false information.
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Dependent Lividity
Definition
Discoloration of the tissues after death caused by pooling of blood from the effects of gravity (livor mortis).
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Ethics
Definition
The principles of proper conduct within a profession; a branch of philosophy that addresses issues of what is right or good and what is wrong.
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Criminal Law
Definition


Branch of law in which the government prosecutes individuals for the commission of crimes.

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Defendant
Definition
A person against whom a legal action is brought.
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Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)
Definition
Federal legislation that makes it illegal to refuse an appropriate screening examination and, if necessary, treatment or emergency transfer to patients with a medical emergency or in active labor, regardless to their ability to pay.
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability            Act (HIPAA)
Definition
Federal legislation that regulates the security, distribution, and access to protected health information.
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Tort Law
Definition
Law pertaining to wrondoing and harm done to one party by another.
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Competent
Definition
Having the mental capacity to make decisions.
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Licensure
Definition
The process through which a governmental agency permissions for qualified individuals to engage in an occupation.
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Registration
Definition

Having one's name listed on a database.

 

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Expressed Consent
Definition

The acknowledgement of a patient either verbally, nonverbaly, or in writing that he will take treatment.

 

cited:(Advanced EMT, A Clinical-Reasoning Approach, Alexander and Belle)

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False Imprisonment
Definition

The deliberate detainment of an individual without his consent in the absence of a valid reason.

cited:(Advanced EMT, A Clinical-Reasoning Approach, Alexander and Belle)

Term
Living Will
Definition

A document written by an individual that states either generally or specifically the types of medical care he does and does not want at the end of life.

 

cited:(Advanced EMT, A Clinical-Reasoning Approach, Alexander and Belle)

Term
Dependent Lividity
Definition

 The pooling of blood in the body after the heart has stopped beating. Once the heart ceasesto circulate the patients blood, the blood becomes subject to gravity and begins to settle in the lower portions of the body (dependant regions).


cited: (http://theemtspot.com/2009/02/17/7-signs-that-say-do-not-recusitate/)

Term
Do Not Resusciate Order (DNR)
Definition
A signed, dated physician's order to withhold resuscitative efforts.
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Durable Power of Attorney
Definition

A document in which the patient has given, or in which the court has awarded, authority to another individual to make health care decisions on the patient's behalf if the patient is incapacitated.

 

cited:(Advanced EMT, A Clinical-Reasoning Approach, Alexander and Belle)

Term
Livor Mortis
Definition

 

The settling of the blood in the lower (dependent) portion of the body, causing a purplish red discoloration of the skin.

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Rigor Mortis
Definition



Temporary muscular rigidity occurring after death, the onset of which may be affected by pre-existing metabolic, as well as environmental, conditions




Term
Duty to Act
Definition


A law which requires a care provider to care within his/her scope of practice and standard of care.







cited:(Advanced EMT, A Clinical-Reasoning Approach, Alexander and Belle)

Term
Liability
Definition



the state of being responsible for something, especially by law.


cited: (https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=definition+of+the+word+liability)

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Malfeasance
Definition

Performing an improper act that causes injury.


cited: (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/malfeasance)

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Misfeasance
Definition





Performing a legitimate act in a manner that causes injuries.





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Nonfeasance
Definition


the omission of some act that ought to have been performed.


cited: (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nonfeasance)

Term
Plaintiff
Definition

 

The party who brings a civil action against someone else.

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res ipsa loquitur
Definition

"things speak for themselves"

cited:(Advanced EMT, A Clinical-Reasoning Approach; Alexander, Belle)

 

the rule that an injury is due to the defendant's negligence when that which caused it was under his or her control or management and the injury would not have happened had proper management been observed.

Cited: (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/res-ipsa-loquitur?s=t)

Term
Defamation
Definition

The intentional false communication of the information that damages a person's reputation.

 

Cited: (Advanced EMT; A Clinical-Reasoning Approach, Alexander & Belle)

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Gross Negligence
Definition



To act with disregard for the welfare of the patient.




Cited: (Advanced EMT; A Clinical-Reasoning Approach, Alexander & Belle)

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Libel
Definition





Written communication that is information which is false and injurious.





Cited: (Advanced EMT; A Clinical-Reasoning Approach, Alexander & Belle)

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Proximate Care
Definition



A finding that an injury would not have occurred but for a defendant's act establishes that the particular act or omission is the reason of the harm/ injury.




Cited: (http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/proximate+cause)

(Advanced EMT; A Clinical-Reasoning Approach, Alexander & Belle)

Term
Slander
Definition

The communication of false and injurious information may that occurs through spoken language.


Cited: (Advanced EMT; AClinical-Reasoning Approach, Alexander & Belle)

Term
Standard of Care
Definition
The degree of attention and caution that would be exercised by a reasonable person with the same training and in the same circumstances.
Term
Good Samaritan Law
Definition
Laws intended to protect those who volunteer assistance in an emergency against claims of negligence.
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Governmental Immunity
Definition

Statutory prohibition of legal action against government agencies.


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Statutes of Limitations
Definition
Elapsed periods of time after which legal action cannot be pursued.
Term
Interfacility Transfers
Definition
Ambulance tranportation of chronically or acutely ill patients from one health care institution to another.
Term
Packaging (the Patient)
Definition
Preparing the patient for transport using any of a number od devices for lifting and moving him, while ensuring that medical tgreatment is continued.
Term
Patient Care Report (PCR)
Definition
A written or electronic record of specific types of information that documents an EMS call.
Term
Triage Desk
Definition
The location in an emergency department in which arriving patients are first evaluated by medical care and assigned priority for care.
Term
Acute Illness
Definition
An illness with sudden onset, typically of short duration.
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Chronic Illness
Definition
A long-standing disease that chages or progresses slowly.
Term
Incident Command System
Definition
A standardized management approach to organizing the response to an emergency by allowing for coordinated integration and management of all resources, equipment, personnel from multiple agencies, communications, and procedures.  The five sections of an ICS are command, finance/administration, logistics, operations, and planning.
Term
Multiple-casualty incident (MCI)
Definition
Any event in which the number of patients exceeds the capabilities of the resources on scene.
Term
Star of Life
Definition
A six-point (which stand for detection, reporting, response, on-scene care, care in transit, and transfer to definitive care) blue star in the center of which is the Rod of Asclepius, which represents medicine and healing; a symbol of emergency medical services.
Term
Commission on Accrediation of Ambulance Services (CAAS)
Definition
An independent panel that encourages and promotes quality in medical transportation.
Term
Defensive Driving
Definition
Techniques of safe driving and crash avoidance that involve anticipating dangerous situations caused by adverse conditions or the mistakes of other drivers.
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Due Regard
Definition
Appropriate caution and concern.
Term
Emergency Responses
Definition
Using visible (lights) and audible (sirens) warning devices during ambulance operation to notify other drivers that you are requesting the right of way in order to minimize the time needed to arrive at the scene. 
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Nonemergency Responses
Definition
Driving the ambulance under routine conditions that do not require that use of warning devices to clear traffic.
Term
Spotter
Definition
A person who provides instructions and assistance to another individual who cannot see all ppossible hazards while carrying a patient or backing the ambulance.
Term
Medical Priority Dispatch Systems (MPDS)
Definition
Methodical systems of call taking, allowing dispatchers to triage patients and send the appropriate EMS response.
Term
System Status Management (SSM)
Definition
A computerized ambulance and personnel deployment system.
Term
Retro-Reflection Material
Definition
Specially manufactured textile that reflects nearly all light back to the source, or viewer, without diffusing it.
Term
Scene Size-up
Definition
Evaluating the setting in which a patient is found for the puposes of obtaining information about the operational (including safety) and clinical aspects of the call.
Term
Mechanism of Injury (MOI)
Definition
The forces and energy that cause trauma.
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Nature of Illness
Definition
The general type of medical problem a patient is suffering from on a given call.
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Chief Complaint
Definition
A patient's statement of the reason he is seeking medical attention.
Term
Emergency Moves
Definition
Techniques to quickly move a patient from a dangerous situation.
Term
Fowler's Position
Definition
A semi-sitting position
Term
Nonemergency Moves
Definition
Use of a planned technique to move a patient from one location to another; generally from the position in which he was found to the wheeled ambulance stretcher, or from the stretcher to a hospital bed.
Term
Recovery Position
Definition
Position in which the patient, usually with a decreased level of responsiveness, is placed on his left side to help manage the airway.  Also called left lateral recumbent position.
Term
Semi-Fowler's
Definition
Position with the head of the bed (ambulance stretcher) elevated at 45 degrees.
Term
Left Lateral Recumbent (LLR) Position
Definition

A positionin which the patient is lying on the left side with the arms and legs positioned to prevent rolling forward or backward.  Also called recovery positon.

 

Term
Supine
Definition
A position in which the patient is placed lying on his back.
Term
Bariatric
Definition
Pertaining to the medical issues relateed to obesity.
Term
Neonates
Definition
An infant from birth to one month of age.  Also called newborn
Term
Fixed-wing Aircraft
Definition
An airplane (prop or jet)
Term
Rapid Extrication
Definition
A systematic procedure used to quickly remove a critical patient from a vehicle while minimizing movement of the spine.
Term
Roto-wing Aircraft
Definition
A helicopter
Term
Communication
Definition
Exchanges of information between individuals using any means understood.
Term
Credibility
Definition
Believability
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Active Listening
Definition
Listening beyond the sender's words for the meanings behind them.
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Communication Channels
Definition
Any mediums or means through wich messages can be sent, such as body language, written documents, and verbal exchanges.
Term
Base Station
Definition
High-power twoway radios in a fixed location, such as a dispatch center or hospital.
Term
Digital Radio Equipment
Definition
Radio equipment that encodes voice signals into electronic data before sending, and decodes electronic data into voice signals at the receiving end.
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Closed-ended questions
Definition
Questions with a narrow range of possible answers, such as "yes" or "no."
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Clarification
Definition
Seeking feedback on your understanding of what a patient tells you.
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Confrontation
Definition
A therapeutic communication technique of pointing out inconsistencies in information to seek explanation.
Term
Documentation
Definition
A record of an event.
Term
Empathy
Definition

Insight into another person's feelings and situation.


Term
Facilitation
Definition
With respect to therapeutic communications, encouraging a patient to keep speaking.
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Feedback
Definition
A message sent back to the original source of communication about how the message was received.
Term
Federal Communications Commissions (FCC)
Definition
The U.S. government agency that regulates the standards and use of communication equipment.
Term
Interference
Definition

Anything that disrupts the transmission or receipt of a message.

 



Term
Interoperability
Definition
The ability to exchange information between communication systems.
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Leading questions
Definition
Term
Mobile Data Terminals
Definition
Electronic communication devices that send and receive a limited amount of data using a small screen that displays text information.
Term
Mobile Radios
Definition
Radios mounted in a vehicle
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Narrative Report
Definition
A written outline of the events of an EMS call, usually following one of serval standard formats.
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Nonverbal Cues
Definition
Messages conveyed by means other than spoken or written words.
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