Session 1

Question 1

decision making capacity

Answer 1

whether or not a patient is capable of making health care decisions

Question 2

Expressed Consent(actual consent)

Answer 2

when a patient verbally or otherwise acknowledges that he or she wants care or a transport

Question 3

informed consent

Answer 3

you have given all explanations for risks,benefits, consequences of refusing treatment, and the patient has given consent

Question 4

implied consent

Answer 4

emergency doctrine

Question 5

Forcible restraint

Answer 5

when a patient is endangering themselves or others

Question 6

HIPPA

Answer 6

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

Question 7

PHI

Answer 7

Protected Health Information

Question 8

DNR

Answer 8

do not resuscitate order

Question 9

Presumptive signs of death

Answer 9

• Unresponsiveness to painful stimuli
• Lack of a carotid pulse or heartbeat
• absence of breath sounds
• no deep tendon or corneal reflexes
• absence of eye movement
• no systolic blood pressure
• profound cyanosis
• lowered or decreased body temperature

Question 10

Definitive signs of death

Answer 10

• obvious mortal damage (body in parts, decapitation)
• Dependent Lividity (Blood settling)
• Rigor mortis (stiffening of body muscles)
• Putrefaction (decomposition of body tissue)

Question 11

defamation

Answer 11

communication of false information that damages the reputation of a person

Question 12

libel

Answer 12

written defamation

Question 13

slander

Answer 13

verbal defamation