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Please see the Chapter 3 correlation below.  \n*KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE  \n• 1-3.1 Define the EMT scope of practice. Slides 4-6  \n• 1-3.2 Discuss the importance of do not resuscitate (DNR) orders (advance directives) and local or state provisions regarding EMS application. Slides 21-25  \n• 1-3.3 Define consent and discuss the methods of obtaining consent. Slides 7-8 , 12  \n• 1-3.4 Differentiate between expressed and implied consent. Slides 9-11  \n• 1-3.5 Explain the role of consent of minors in providing care. Slides 9 , 12-13  \n• 1-3.6 Discuss the implications for the EMT in patient refusal of transport. Slides 12 , 14-18 , 20  \n• 1-3.7 Discuss the issues of abandonment, negligence, and battery and their implications to the EMT. Slides 19 , 28-36  \n• 1-3.8 State the conditions necessary for the EMT to have a duty to act. Slides 30-33  \n(cont.)  \nLimmer et al. , Emergency Care, 11th Edition © 2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. , Upper Saddle River, NJ  \nDOT Directory  \nU.S. DOT Objectives Directory  \n*KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE  \n• 1-3.9 Explain the importance, necessity, and legality of patient confidentiality. Slides 38-40  \n• 1-3.10 Discuss the considerations of the EMT in issues of organ retrieval. Slides 44-46  \n• 1-3.11 Differentiate the actions that an EMT should take to assist in the preservation of a crime scene. Slides 47-49  \n• 1-3.12 State the conditions that require an EMT to notify local law enforcement officials. Slides 50-51  \n• 1-3.13 Explain the role of EMS and the EMT regarding patients with DNR orders. Slides 23-25  \n• 1-3.14 Explain the rationale for the needs, benefits, and usage of advance directives. Slides 21-25  \n• 1-3.15 Explain the rationale for the concept of varying degrees of DNR. 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