Jones & Bartlett EMT Chapter 3 Questions With Complete Solutions

abandonment correct answer: unilateral termination of care by the EMT without the patient's consent and without making provisions for transferring care to another medical professional with the skills and training necessary to meet the needs of the patient advance directive correct answer: written documentation that specifies medical treatment for a competent patient should the patient become unable to make decisions; also called a living will or health care directive applied ethics correct answer: the manner in which principles of ethics are incorporated into professional conduct assault correct answer: unlawfully placing a patient in fear of bodily harm battery correct answer: touching a patient or providing emergency care without consent bioethics correct answer: the study of ethics related to issues that arise in health care breach of confidentiality correct answer: disclosure of information without proper authorization certification correct answer: a process in which a person, an institution, or a program is evaluated and recognized as meeting certain predetermined standards to provide safe and ethical care compensatory damages correct answer: damages awarded in a civil suit that are intended to restore the plaintiff to the same condition that he or she was in prior to the incident complained about in the lawsuit competent correct answer: able to make rational decisions about personal well-being consent correct answer: permission to render care contributory negligence correct answer: a legal defense that may be raised when the defendant feels that the conduct of the plaintiff somehow contributed to any injuries or damages that were sustained by the plaintiff