Medical and Legal Issues
Tracking # 20-1372082
Course overview
Objectives Describe the key laws, statutes, and regulations that govern EMS providers Identify key similarities and differences in potential issues that face EMS providers compared to other healthcare workers Provide patient care in a safe, legal, and confidential manner Content 1. EMS and Legal Considerations 2. Ethics in EMS 1. Code of Ethics 3. Good Samaritan Laws 4. EMTALA 5. Patient Confidentiality 6. Civil and Human Rights 7. PHI 1. Disclosure 2. Breaches of Information 8. Consent 1. Types of Consent 2. Minors and Consent 3. Refusal 4. Special Considerations 1. End-of-life Care 2. POA 3. Hospice 4. Organ Donors 9. Medical Restraint 10. Negligence 1. Duty to Act 2. Breach of Duty 3. Actual Damages 4. Proximate Cause 11. Abandonment 12. Breach of Conduct 13. Mandatory Reporting 1. Types of Abuse
Subject areas
This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.
Florida Emergency Medical Services
Emergency Medical Technician
Paramedic
Disclosure statements
Conflict of Interest Statement
- A conflict of interest occurs when an instructor has a financial, legal, commercial, and/or professional relationship with organizations or the employees working for said organization, that could influence the level of instruction you receive. The instructor of this course has no conflicts of interest and has been properly vetted prior to creating this material to ensure the information being shared is accurate, relevant, and up to date.
Post-Course Quiz Performance and Compliance
- At the conclusion of this course you will be required to attempt and pass a quiz. The minimum passing score for the quiz is 70%. You will have three attempts to pass the quiz. If you are unsuccessful at passing the quiz on the third attempt, you will be required to watch the CE course over in its entirety.