For this assignment, using the databases in the CSU Online Library, research TWO of the following legal issues or concepts of your choosing and how it impacts EMS organizations:
Forms of consent: Who can give, when, and what is required?
Refusal of care: Who can give, when, and what is required?
Do not resuscitate orders: What is required, and when can you honor them? Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment Programs: Does your state have one, and what does it mean?
Health care durable power of attorney: Does your state have a form, and when can you honor it?
Living wills: What is required, and when can you honor them?
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act: What processes are required for your organization to be compliant?
Your essay should be a minimum of three pages, not including the title and reference pages. Your essay should review or brief the issue, provide an example or case found in your research, and address at a minimum, the questions listed for each. You must use a minimum of three sources; at least two of your sources should be from the CSU Online Library, and your other sources can be your textbook and/or other outside sources
