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EMS Vocabulary

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Legal document where a patient gives written instructions in advance about health care decisions in the future.

Advance directives

20

Most commonly defined by state law; outlines the care you are able to provide for the patien

Scope of practice

15

Orders from the on-duty physician given directly to an EMT in the field by radio or telephone.

Online medical

25

Written guidelines and protocols, and ensures quality assurance by a MD

Offline medical

20

Written guidelines established by your company and organization

Protocols

15

An order that tells medical professionals not to perform CPR

DNR

25

A document that indicates what medical intervention an individual wants if he or she becomes incapable of expressing those wishes

Living will

20

consent given by adults who are of legal age and mentally competent to make a rational decision in regard to their medical well-being

Expressed Consent

15

consent in which a patient who is unable to give consent is given treatment under the legal assumption that he or she would want treatment

Implied consent

10

threat or attempt to injure another in an unlawful manner

Assault

5

unlawful touching of a person.

Battery

5

An unwillingness to receive first aid or medical treatment expressed by a victim (or the victim's parent)

Refusal of care

10

Leaving a patient after care has been initiated and before the patient has been transferred to someone with equal or greater medical training

Abandonment

15

failure to take proper care in doing something

negligence

15

means harm was caused by action or inaction of the EMR.

proximate causation

25

Permission to do something

Consent

5