Knowledge Objectives

1. Define the Emergency Medical Responder scope of care.
2. Discuss the importance of Do Not Resuscitate [DNR] (advance directives) and local or state provisions regarding EMS application.
3. Define consent and discuss the methods of obtaining consent.
4. Differentiate between expressed and implied consent.
5. Explain the role of consent of minors in providing care.
6. Discuss the implications for the Emergency Medical Responder in patient refusal of transport.
7. Discuss the issues of abandonment, negligence, and battery and their implications to the Emergency Medical Responder.
8. State the conditions necessary for the Emergency Medical Responder to have a duty to act.
9. Explain the importance, necessity, and legality of patient confidentiality.
10. List the actions that an Emergency Medical Responder should take to assist in the preservation of a crime scene.
11. State the conditions that require an Emergency Medical Responder to notify local law enforcement officials.
12. Discuss issues concerning the fundamental components of documentation.

13. Explain the rationale for the needs, benefits, and usage of advance directives.
14. Explain the rationale for the concept of varying degrees of DNR.