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FLORIDA BASIC RECRUIT TRAINING PROGRAM
HIGH LIABILITY 2026 REVISION NOTES AND
STRUCTURED POLICE LIABILITY RISK
MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW GUIDE
โ Good Samaritan Act. Answer: Any person, including those licensed to practice medicine, who gratuitously and in good faith renders emergency care or treatment at the scene of an emergency outside of a hospital, doctor's office, or other place having proper medical equipment, without objection of the injured victim or victims thereof, shall not be held liable for any civil damages as a result of such care or treatment or as a result of any act or failure to act in providing or arranging further medical treatment where the person acts as an ordinary reasonably prudent man would have acted under the same or similar circumstances. โ 24/7. Answer: As a law enforcement officer, you have a duty to act ___ within your jurisdictional boundaries. โ Breach of duty. Answer: ___ occurs when you either fail to act or act inappropriately.
โ Standard or scope of care. Answer: is care that you are expected to provide to the same patient under the same conditions as would any criminal justice first aid provider who received the same level of training. โ Good Samaritan Act. Answer: ____, based on s. 768.13, F.S., , protects a civilian first aid provider from liability for medical care performed in good faith or medical care similar to that expected of another first aid provider with equal training. Medical care includes using an automated external defibrillator (AED) as provided for in s. 768.1325, F.S. It does not stop someone from filing a lawsuit; however, it does provide a defense if you performed according to the standard of care for a first aid provider. Always render care to the best of your ability. Do not go beyond the scope and level of your training. Maintain the patient's best interests. โ Abandonment. Answer: ___ is: "The relinquishing of a right or interest with the intention of never again claiming it." (Garner, 1999) You abandon the patient when you stop providing care without ensuring that the patient continues or begins to receive the same or better care. You must continue providing emergency first aid until another medical professional with the same or higher-level training replaces you, or you are unable to continue.
โ competent and the consent informed. Answer: For consent to be valid, the patient must be ___ and ___. โ competent. Answer: A ___ adult is one who can make an informed decision about medical care. โ incompetent. Answer: Consider an adult ___ if he or she is under the influence of alcohol or drugs and meets the criteria for a Marchman Act, Baker Act or if he or she is seriously ill, has an injury that affects judgment, or is mentally ill or mentally challenged. โ expressed consent. Answer: "Consent that is clearly and unmistakably stated" (Garner, 1999). โ expressed consent. Answer: ___ is affirmative consent, such as verbal or physical assertion of the affirmative. โ implied consent. Answer: "Consent inferred from one's conduct rather than from one's direct expression" (Garner, 1999).
โ implied consent. Answer: ___ is when the unresponsive patient is at risk of death, disability, or deterioration of condition and would agree to care if able to consent. It may also apply to conscious patients who do not stop you from providing treatment, refuse care, and then become unresponsive and are not competent to refuse care. โ informed consent. Answer: "A person's agreement to allow something to happen made with full knowledge of the risks involved and the alternatives" (Garner, 1999). โ informed consent. Answer: ___ is when a patient chooses a treatment or a procedure, he or she makes this choice after a physician or other healthcare provider discloses whatever information a reasonably prudent provider in the medical community would provide to a patient about the risks involved in the proposed treatment. โ 18. Answer: In Florida, children under age ___ are minors. โ Implied Consent. Answer: If the parent or legal guardian is not available in life-threatening or disabling emergencies, provide emergency care based on the principle of ___.
โ medic alert. Answer: You may have a patient who wears an identification bracelet or necklace or carries a card in his or her wallet that alerts you to a specific medical condition such as an allergy, epilepsy, or diabetes. On the jewelry or card, you may find a telephone number to call for detailed information about the patient. This bracelet, necklace, or card is known as a ___. โ Health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996. Answer: Hipaa stands for ___. โ Health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996. Answer: protects the rights of patients and the release of patient information. โ another health care provider needs patient information in order to continue medical care or you receive a request to provide patient information as part of a criminal investigation.. Answer: Do not release patient health information without a signature unless ___ or ___.
โ Nonverbal. Answer: ___ communication such as offering a tissue or a warm blanket or placing your hand on the patient's shoulder comforts patients and families. โ Empathy. Answer: ___ is one of the most helpful tools you can use to deal with a crisis. โ Nutrition, Relaxation, Exercise. Answer: lifestyle choices to deal with stress โ denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance. Answer: Five Stages of Death/Grief โ denial. Answer: feeling that the death is not happening or did not happen; refusing to accept reality โ anger. Answer: acting out, perhaps in ways that endangers others โ bargaining. Answer: trying to make a deal to postpone the inevitable โ depression. Answer: feeling and acting unusually silent, distant, and withdrawn
โ 15. Answer: When washing your hands with soap and water, first wet them with water. Then apply soap and rub your hands together vigorously for at least ___ seconds. โ filter masks and CPR masks. Answer: There are two different types of masks: ___ and ___. โ filter. Answer: A ___ mask can provide protection against airborne diseases. โ CPR. Answer: ___ masks are barrier devices with one-way valves used when performing ventilations. โ Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Answer: The procedures you use to handle biomedical or biohazardous wastes must comply with federal ___ requirements for identifying and segregating blood or waste material saturated with body fluids. โ Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Answer: OSHA stands for ___. โ Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. Answer: MRSA stands for ___.
โ Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. Answer: ___ is a type of bacteria that is highly contagious and resistant to certain antibiotics. โ A, B, and C. Answer: There are multiple strains of hepatitis; the most common ones are hepatitis _, _, and _ that can all cause liver disease. โ HIV. Answer: ___ is a virus that attacks the immune system. โ Hepatitis A. Answer: ___ is technically not a bloodborne disease; it is found in food and waste, and is passed on when a person swallows infected matter. โ Hepatitis C. Answer: According to CDC reports, ___ is the most common chronic bloodborne infection in the United States โ one-third. Answer: Of all persons infected with the hepatitis C virus in America, approximately ___ pass through jails and prisons each year. โ Airborne Infection. Answer: Any infection spread from person to person through the air is an ___
โ breastbone (sternum) and ribs. Answer: The chest consists of the ___ and ___. It protects the heart, lungs, liver, and spleen. โ pelvis. Answer: The ___ protects the reproductive organs and supports the organs in the lower abdominal cavity. โ lower extremities. Answer: The ___ consist of the upper leg, lower leg, ankle, and foot. โ femur. Answer: The upper leg consists of the longest, strongest bone in the human body, the thighbone (or ____). โ muscular. Answer: The ___ system gives the body shape, protects internal organs, and provides body movement. โ 3. Answer: The body contains ___ different types of muscles. โ voluntary muscles. Answer: Muscles used for deliberate acts, such as chewing, bending, lifting, and running, are ___. These are muscles attached to the skeleton and under the control of the nervous system and brain. The individual can contract and relax these muscles. โ Involuntary muscles. Answer: ____, or smooth muscles, carry out many automatic body functions. They are in the walls of the tube-
like organs, such as ducts, blood vessels, and the intestinal wall. The individual does not normally control these muscles. โ cardiac muscles. Answer: Found only in the heart, the ___ work constantly to expand and contract the heart. โ nervous. Answer: The ___ system controls voluntary and involuntary body activity. It also supports higher mental functions, such as thought and emotion. It lets the individual be aware of and react to the environment and keeps the rest of the body's systems working together. โ central nervous. Answer: The ___ system is located in the brain and in the spinal cord. Its components are the body's mainframe computer. This is where all communication and control originate. โ peripheral nervous. Answer: The ___ system includes nerves that connect to the spinal cord and branch out to every other part of the body. These nerves serve as a two-way communication system. Some carry information from the brain and spinal cord to the body. Others carry information from the body back to the brain.
โ heart. Answer: Positioned behind the sternum, slightly to the left in the chest cavity, the ___ is a hollow, muscular organ about the size of your fist. It functions like a two-sided pump. โ right; left. Answer: The ___ side pumps blood to the lungs, which pick up oxygen, and returns the oxygenated blood to the ___ side of the heart. โ left; right. Answer: The ___ side delivers the oxygenated blood throughout the body and returns the blood to the ___ side of the heart. โ Blood Vessels. Answer: ___ are a system of tubes through which blood flows. โ Arteries. Answer: _____ carry blood away from the heart to the rest of the body. โ carotid. Answer: major artery in the neck, felt on either side of the neck โ femoral. Answer: major artery in the thigh, felt in the groin area
โ radial. Answer: major artery in the lower arm, felt at the thumb side of the wrist โ brachial. Answer: major artery in the upper arm, felt on the inside of the upper arm โ veins. Answer: Vessels called ___ carry blood back to the heart. โ capillaries. Answer: Small vessels called ___ connect arteries to veins. โ Plasma. Answer: is a clear, straw-colored fluid. โ Red blood. Answer: cells carry oxygen from the lungs to the body and bring carbon dioxide back to the lungs. โ White blood. Answer: cells fight infection and destroy bacteria and other disease organisms. โ Platelets. Answer: initiate the blood-clotting process.
