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• implied consent - reasonable person would permit emergency care in similar circumstances - cardiac  arrest, unconsious

  • Pediatrics without patient/guardian present
• abandonment - unilateral termination of care by EMT without the patient's consent and without making provisions for transferring care to another medical professional with the skills and training necessary to meet the needs of the patient
• assault - unlawfully placing a patient in fear of bodily harm
• batter - unlawfully touching a patient or providing emergency care without consent
• implied consent - type of consent in which patient who is unable to give consent is given treatment under the legal assumption that he or she would want treatment
• negligence - failure to provide the same care that a personwith similar training would provide
• Standard of care - what would a reasonable person with the same level of training do in same circumstance?
• factors constituting negligence include duty to act exists, breech of duty, damages, cause and effect
• gross negligence - duty to act exists, willful or reckless breach of duty, damage, cause and effect