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Chapter 3
Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues
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Objectives (1 of 4)
• 1.1.5 Describe the differences between ethical behavior and legal requirements.
• 1.1.6 State specific activities that are most appropriate to ethical behavior.
• 1.1.7 Identify whether a particular activity is unethical and/or illegal, given certain patient care situations.
• 1.1.8 Identify whether a particular activity is ethical or unethical given certain patient care situations.
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Objectives (2 of 4)
• 1.2.22 Describe the ability of physician run critique based on documentation.
• 1.3.1 Discuss the significance and scope of the following in relationship to EMT practice: State Medical Practice Act, Good Samaritan Act/Civil Immunity, state EMS statutes, state motor vehicle codes, and state and local guidelines for "Do Not Resuscitate."
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Objectives (3 of 4)
• 1.3.2 Define the following: negligence, medical liability, tort, duty to act, battery, slander, informed consent, expressed consent, implied consent, abandonment, libel, assault, and false imprisonment.
• 1.3.3 Describe the significance of accurate documentation and record keeping in substantiating incident.
• 1.3.4 Identify those situations that require the EMT-I to report those incidents to appropriate authorities.
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Objectives (4 of 4)
• 1.3.5 Describe the four elements to prove medical liability.
• 1.3.6 Describe the significance of obtaining expressed consent.
• 1.3.7 Describe the extent to which force and restraint may be used to protect the EMT, the patient, and the third party.
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Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues
• Scope of practice– Defined by state law– Outlines care you can provide– Further defined in protocols and standing orders– Authorized through online and off-line medical
direction
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Standards of Care (1 of 2)
• Standard imposed by local custom– Often based on locally accepted protocols
• Standard imposed by the law– May be imposed by statutes, ordinances,
administrative guidelines, or case law
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Standards of Care (2 of 2)
• Professional or institutional standards– Recommendations published by organizations and
societies– Specific rules and procedures of your service or
organization
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Standards Imposed by States
– Medical Practices Act• Exempts EMT-Is from licensure requirements
– Certification and licensure• Process of evaluating and recognizing that EMT-Is have met
certain predetermined standards
– State EMS legislation• Regulations regarding medical control, protocols, and
communication
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Laws
• Legislative, administrative, and common– Enacted at the federal, state, and local levels by
legislative branches of government• Criminal law
– Federal, state, or local government prosecutes individuals on behalf of society
• Civil (tort) law– Deals with private complaints brought by a plaintiff
against a defendant for illegal act/wrongdoing
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Duty to Act
• Individual’s responsibility to provide patient care.• Responsibility to provide care comes from either statute
or function. • Legal duty to act begins once an ambulance responds
to a call or treatment is initiated.
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Negligence
• The failure to provide the same care that a person with similar training would provide.
• Negligence is determined by the following factors:– Duty to act– Breach of duty– Damages– Proximate cause
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Abandonment
• Termination of care without patient’s consent.• Termination of care without provisions for continued
care.• Care cannot stop unless someone of equal or higher
training takes over.
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Consent
• Expressed consent• Implied consent• Minors and consent• Mentally incompetent adults• Forcible restraint
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Assault and Battery
• Assault– Unlawfully placing a person in fear of immediate
bodily harm without consent• Battery
– Unlawfully touching a person
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The Right to Refuse Treatment
• Mentally competent adults have the right to refuse care.• Patients must be informed of risks, benefits, treatments,
and alternatives.• The patient must be fully alert and oriented to refuse.• EMT-I should obtain a signature and have a witness
present, if possible.
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Good Samaritan Laws and Immunity
• Good Samaritan– Based on the principle that you should not be liable
when assisting another in good faith• Immunity
– Usually reserved for governments
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Advance Directives
• Written documents that specify medical treatment for a competent patient, should he or she become unable to make decisions.
• DNR orders must meet the following general requirements:– Clearly state the patient’s medical problem(s)– Be signed by the patient or legal guardian– Be signed by one or more physicians– Be dated in the preceding 12 months
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Ethical Responsibilities
• Make the physical/emotional needs of the patient a priority.
• Practice/maintain skills to the point of mastery. • Critically review performances.• Attend continuing education/refresher programs. • Be honest in reporting.
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Confidentiality
• Information received from or about a patient is considered confidential.
• Disclosing information without permission is considered a breach of confidentiality.
• Generally, information can be disclosed only if the patient signs a written release.
• Terms: Libel, slander, invasion of privacy, and defamation
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HIPAA
• Acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
• The section that most affects EMS relates to patient privacy.
• It provides guidance on what types of information is protected, the responsibility of health care providers regarding that protection, and penalties for breaching that protection.
• Dramatically limits the ability to obtain follow-up information.
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Records and Reports
• Complete documentation is a safeguard against legal complications.
• If an action or procedure is not recorded, courts assume it was not performed.
• An incomplete or untidy report is considered evidence of incomplete or inexpert care.
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Special Reporting Requirements
• Abuse of children, elderly people, and others• Injury during the commission of a felony• Drug-related injuries• Childbirth• Suicides• Animal bites• Certain communicable diseases• Assault and rape
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Scene of a Crime
• If an emergency scene is also a crime scene, you must notify law enforcement immediately.
• Do not disturb the scene.
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The Deceased
• In most states EMT-Is cannot pronounce a patient dead.• Obvious death includes:
– Rigor mortis– Mortal injury– Dependent lividity– Decomposition
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Special Situations
• Organ donors• Medical identification insignia