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| law derived from society's acceptance of customs |
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| law created by law making bodies of congress |
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| division of lega system deals with civil wrong committed by one individual on another |
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| process used to regulate occupations |
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| exemption from legal liability |
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| recognition granted to a person that has met predetermined qualifications |
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| four elements of negligence |
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| duty to act breach of duty actual damages and proximate causes |
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| LEGAL act in a manner that that in harmful |
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| action of inaction that worsened the damage to the patient |
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| false statements in writing |
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| false states in the spoken word |
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| ________ consent is most common |
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| verbal nonverbal communication by patient that they wish to receive medical care |
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| how a minor may become emancipated |
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| married pregnant armed forces financially independant |
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| refusal of care by a patient must be |
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| unlawful touching of another |
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| unlawfully places another in immediate bodily harm |
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| type of consent that is court ordered |
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| social religious or personal standards of right and wrong |
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| rules and standards that govern a given profession |
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| do unto others as you would have them do unto you |
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| single most important question |
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| what is in the patients best interest *** test question*** |
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| the national association of _____ adopted the code of ethics for emts |
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| EMTS *** test question*** |
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| a competent adults right to determine what happens to their own body |
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| autonomy *** test question*** |
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| principle of doing good for all patients |
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| obligation not to harm the patient |
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| asks whether you would be willing to undergo the same action or procedure |
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| fundamental unit of the human body |
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| thick fluid that fills a cell |
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| a group of tissues functioning together |
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| most abundant tissue in the body |
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| function of nerve cells that creates and transmites electrical impulses in response to stimulus |
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| conductivity *** test question*** |
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| __________ is preformed by muscle cells |
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| movement *** test question*** |
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| portion of system creating output is known as an ________ |
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| microorganism capable of producing an infection or disease |
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| exaggerated immune response is called |
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| hypersensitivity (allergy) |
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| ________ necrosis refers to tissue death over a wide area |
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| in apoptosis cells ____ in necrosis cells _____ and rupture |
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| shrink, swell and rupture |
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| an ion with a positive charge |
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| ion with a negative charge |
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| difference in concentration between solutions on opposite sides of a semipermeable membrane |
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| passage of solvent water through a membrane |
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| movement of molecules from high to low |
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| movement of water across capillary membrane into the interstitial space |
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| most desirable fluid for blood loss replacement |
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| the percentage of blood occupied by erythrocytes |
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| _________ are the primary compounds used in prehospital iv therapy |
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| fastest way to remove hydrogen |
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| bicarbonate buffer system |
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| factors affecting stroke volume |
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| preload contractile force and afterload |
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| amount of blood pumped by heart in one minute |
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| bnp levels become elevated in patients suffering from |
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| first stage in glucose breakdown |
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| cells convert glycogen into glucose in a process called |
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| breakdown of mainly fats into glucose when storages have run out |
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| major difference in cardiogenic shock compared to others |
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| toxins excreted by poisonous substances secreted by bacterial substance during cell growth |
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| ______ toxins are excreted when during the destruction of the bacterial cell |
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| _______ acquired immunity is generated by the hosts immune system after exposure |
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| drug that can cross placental barrier |
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| immunoglobulin with memory in anaphylaxis |
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| long term immunity to an antigen provided by antibodies |
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| chief activators in immune response |
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| both resolution and repair begin with |
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| three hypersensitivity targets |
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| environmental self antigen(autoimmune) and other persons |
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