ETHICAL PRINCIPLES THE LAW AND RADIOGRAPHY

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ETHICAL PRINCIPLESTHE LAW AND RADIOGRAPHY

• PATIENT CARE PART 1
• Chapter 6

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ETHICAL PRINCIPLES

• TERMS USED TO RESOLVE ETHICAL DILEMMAS

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• AUTONOMY
• BENEFICIENCE
• CONFIDENTIALITY
• DOUBLE EFFECT
• FIDELITY

• JUSTICE
• NONMALEFICENCE
• PATERNALISM
• SANCTITY OF LIFE
• VERACITY
• RESPECT FOR PROPERTY

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ETHICAL DILEMMAS

• IDENTIFY PROBLEM
• DEVELOP ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION
• PICK BEST SOLUTION
• DEFEND IT

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HIPAAREFER TO HIPAA POWERPOINT
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ITS A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL.
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THE LAW

• CRIMINAL/MISDEMEANERS
• CIVIL/TORTS

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INTENTIONAL TORTS

• FALSE IMPRISONMENT
• LIBEL/SLANDER/DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER
• ASSAULT
• BATTERY
• INVASION OF PRIVACY

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UNINTENTIONAL MISCONDUCTS

• Negligence
• duty of care
• breach of duty
• loss or injury
• attributed to the breach of duty

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Res ispa loquiter

• the thing speaks for itself

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Respondeat Superior

• let the master speak

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CONSENT

• INFORMED
• WRITTEN
• ASSUMED

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CHAPTER 6- PATIENT CARE AND ASSESSMENT

• RTS NEED TO ASSESS
• WHY?
• HOW?

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Im thirsty! Can you get me some water?
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I really have to go to the bathroom!

• Or or

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OBTAINING PATIENT HISTORY

• OBJECTIVE
• SUBJECTIVE

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QUESTIONS THAT COVER THESE AREAS

• ONSET/CAUSE
• DURATION
• SPECIFIC LOCATION
• QUALITY OF PAIN
• WHAT AGGREVATES IT (OPTIONAL)
• WHAT ALLEVIATES IT (OPTIONAL)

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THE IN-PATIENT

• OUT-PATIENTS
• WALKIE-TALKIES

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ASSESSING THE IN-PATIENT

• CHECK CHART!
• ALLERGIES NOTED ON FRONT OF CHART
• ISOLATION

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EYE-BALLING THE PATIENT

• SKIN COLOR
• CYANOTIC
• SKIN TEMP.
• DIAPHORETIC
• FEBRILE, PYREXIA, HYPERTHERMIA
• HYPOTHERMIA
• LOC
• BREATHING
• SOUND
• DEPTH
• RATE

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MORE TERMS

• EMPHYSEMA
• HYPERVENTELATING
• ORTHOPNEA
• ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION
• VITAL SIGNS? WHAT ARE THEY?