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You Have Been Called to a Home for an Alert

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You have been called to a home for an alert and oriented female with terminal lung cancer. At the home, the daughter, who is her mother's durable power of attorney, states that she wants her mother transported to the hospital. The patient, who is alert and oriented, does not want to go. Which of the following statements indicates that the EMT is acting both appropriately and legally in this conflict?


Definitions:

Express

Directly stated or explicitly declared, often used in legal and contractual contexts to describe terms or intentions that are clearly communicated.

Contract

A legally binding agreement between two or more parties, outlining obligations and rights.

Substantial Performance

A legal principle indicating that a party has fulfilled enough of its contractual obligations to warrant payment, even if minor details were not completed as specified.

Conditional Contract

An agreement where the obligations or terms are only to be fulfilled if certain conditions are met.

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