Chapter 3, Medical, Legal and Ethical Issues

After students complete this chapter and the related course work, they will understand the ethical responsibilities and medicolegal directives and guidelines pertinent to the EMT. The EMT’s approach to patient care relating to confidentiality, consent to treat, refusal of care, and advance directives is explained. Organ donor systems and policies, evidence preservation, and end-of-life issues are also discussed.

0:00 Introduction
0:11 National EMS Education Standard Competencies (103)
0:43 Introduction
2:44 Expressed Consent
3:15 Implied Consent (1 of 2)
4:11 Involuntary Consent
4:48 Minors and Consent (1 of 2)
5:59 Forcible Restraint (1 of 2)
8:09 The Right to Refuse Treatment (4 of 4)
9:10 Confidentiality (1 of 4)
11:38 Advance Directives of 5
14:46 Physical Signs of Death (3 of 4)
16:01 Medical Examiner Cases (1 of 2)
17:06 Special Situations (3 of 4)
18:20 Scope of Practice 2 of 2
19:21 Standards of Care 2 of 3
21:23 Duty to Act
21:54 Negligence (3 of 3)
23:53 Abandonment
24:36 Assault and Battery, and Kidnapping 2 of 2
25:25 Defamation
25:53 Good Samaritan Laws and Immunity (1 of 2)
27:05 Records and Reports (1 of 2)
27:59 Special Mandatory Reporting Requirements (1 of 3)
28:59 Ethical Responsibilities (1 of 2)
29:57 The EMT in Court (5 of 6)
32:55 Review