HSC 2400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Good Samaritan Law, Implied Consent, Lifesaving
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~encourage physicians and other medical personnel from legal actions that might arise from emergency treatment they provided while not in the line of duty. ~protect the rescuer when the rescuer is: acting during an emergency, act in good faith w/o compensation, and no malicious misconduct or gross negligence. Obligation: employed for first aid skills, licensed by state & required to act regardless of on or off duty, involved in the events that led to the injuries, and preexisting responsibility. Responding to an emergency, you must not leave an injured/ ill person. Negligence: having duty to act, breaching the duty, causing injury and damages, exceeding your level of training. Expressed consent permission for care that a person gives verbally or with a head nod. Implied consent the legally permissible assumption that an unconscious person in need of emergency lifesaving treatment would accept treatment, were he or she alert and able. Battery touching a person or providing first aid w/o consent.