LIABILITY'S QUESTIONS AND
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED
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, Your first aid duties will include: - Answer: 1. perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
2. control bleeding
3. stabilize injuries to the spine and extremities or limbs
Keep in mind that you are - Answer: prohibited from administering any type of medication to a patient.
(PPE) - Answer: Wear personal protective equipment_________ and stay aware of your surroundings.
Your cannot help the patient in you are injured. Getting injured forces other rescuers to rescue you.
After ensuring safety at the scene, make the patients needs your primary concern.
Duty to Act - Answer: a duty to take some action to prevent harm to another and for the failure of which
one may be liable depending on the relationship of the parties and the circumstances
Duty to act refers to your contractual or legal obligation to provide care.
Breach of Duty - Answer: occurs when your either fail to act to act inappropriately
Standard or scope of care - Answer: Black's Law Dictionary defines the _____________ as "the degree of
care that a reasonable person should exercise." Under the law of negligence, it is "the conduct
demanded of a person in a given situation.
Good Samaritan Act - Answer: Protects a first aid provider from liability for medical care performed in
good faith or medical care similar to that expected of another first aid provider with equal training
Negligence - Answer: is defined in Black's Law Dictionary as "the failure to exercise the standard of care
that a reasonably prudent person would have exercised in a similar situation; any conduct that falls
below the legal standard established to protect other against unreasonable risk or harm, except for
conduct that is intentionally, wantonly, or willfully disregardful of other right."
Negligence occurs if all these conditions are present: - Answer: duty to act: you had a legal duty to the
patient (you were supposed to administer care to the patient).
breach standard of care: You had legal duty to act or you failed to act in a certain way (you acted or
failed to act in a manner that a reasonably prudent person would act)