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Abandonment
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Failure to continue first aid until relieved by someone with the same or a higher level of training.
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Act of commission
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Doing something that a reasonably prudent person would not do under the same or similar circumstances.
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Act of omission
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Failure to do what a reasonably prudent person with the same or similar training would do in the same or similar circumstances.
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Battery
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Touching a person or providing first aid with out consent.
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Breach of duty
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When first aider fails to provide the type of care that would be given by a person having the same or similar training.
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Consent
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An agreement by a patient or victim to accept treatment offered as explained by medical personnel or first aiders.
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Duty to act
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A person's responsibility to provide victim care.
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Expressed consent
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Permission for care that a victim gives verbally or with a head nob.
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First aid
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Immediate care given to an injured or suddenly ill person.
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Good Samaritan laws
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Laws that encourage people to voluntarily help an injured or suddenly ill person by minimizing the liability for errors made while rendering emergency care in good faith.
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Implied consent
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An assumed consent given by an unconscious adult when emergency lifesaving treatment is required
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Negligence
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Deviation from the accepted standard of care that results in further injury to the victim.
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Airborne diseases
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Infections transmitted through the air, such as tuberculosis
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Blood borne diseases
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Infections transmitted through the blood, such as HIV or HBV.
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Communicable disease
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A disease that can spread from person to person, or from animal to person.
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