Title: Identify legal and liability issues that the EMD faces at state and national levels.
Course: Emergency Medical Telecommunications (14055-V) > Section: Understanding Legal and Liability Issues

Identification should include

- failing to send EMS when requested
- failing to provide the EMD service as trained and certified
- making a subjective judgment of the caller's credibility
- making a subjective judgment of the validity of the caller’s chief complaint
- displaying an argumentative/combative attitude
- allowing prejudices/biases to influence decision-making
- providing medical instruction without using the local medically approved Guidecards
- failing to provide the EMD with proper training or certification
- failing to maintain EMD certification
- understanding the two types of consent
  - actual (i.e., direct, verbal, nonverbal to someone giving aid)
  - implied (i.e., situations where patients are unconscious and cannot respond; it is safe to assume they would want to be helped).

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are the requirements to maintain your EMD certification in Virginia?
- What are the requirements to maintain your Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) certification in Virginia?
- Where can you locate the most current training standards in Virginia?
- What is implied consent, and in what situations is it used?
- What happens if you provide care to someone without their consent?