1. Identify a situation where you were required to follow the legal..

a. Describe the situation in detail.

b. Outline your legal rights/responsibilities in this situation.

c. Outline your ethical responsibilities in this situation.

d. What policies, procedures, codes of practice and other requirements did you need to follow? Where could you access this information if you weren’t sure what to do?

e. How did you feel during the situation in regards to demonstrating/meeting your legal and ethical obligations? How did your partner/colleague respond or feel in this regard? How did the patient or others involved (if applicable)?

f. What could you have done different? Explain your answer (even if you think you did okay, explain why).

g. What do you think could have happened if you didn’t meet your legal and ethical obligations? Consider this in the context of the situation and also yourself (the consequences you could face).

2. Identify a second situation where you were required to follow the legal and ethical requirements of your role as a paramedic student.

a. Describe the situation in detail.

b. Outline your legal rights/responsibilities in this situation.

c. Outline your ethical responsibilities in this situation.

d. What policies, procedures, codes of practice and other requirements did you need to follow? Where could you access this information if you weren’t sure what to do?

e. How did you feel during the situation in regards to demonstrating/meeting your legal and ethical obligations? How did your partner/colleague respond or feel in this regard? How did the patient or others involved (if applicable)?

f. What could you have done different? Explain your answer (even if you think you did okay, explain why).

g. What do you think could have happened if you didn’t meet your legal and ethical obligations? Consider this in the context of the situation and also yourself (the consequences you could face).

3. Identify a third situation where you were required to follow the legal and ethical requirements of your role as a paramedic student.

a.Describe the situation in detail.

b.Outline your legal rights/responsibilities in this situation.

c.Outline your ethical responsibilities in this situation.

d. What policies, procedures, codes of practice and other requirements did you need to follow? Where could you access this information if you weren’t sure what to do?

e. How did you feel during the situation in regards to demonstrating/meeting your legal and ethical obligations? How did your partner/colleague respond or feel in this regard? How did the patient or others involved (if applicable)?

f. What could you have done different? Explain your answer (even if you think you did okay, explain why).

g. What do you think could have happened if you didn’t meet your legal and ethical obligations? Consider this in the context of the situation and also yourself (the consequences you could face).

a.Provide at least one (1) example of when you needed to ‘take check’ of your own personal values and attitudes while working and to apply non-judgmental practice.

b.This question requires you to think about the types of improvements that could be made to work practices to ensure that people are meeting their legal and ethical obligations.

Think about the policies and procedures you have had to follow, this may be through a role as a health care worker, from the clinicalworkshops, clinical placement or other experiences you have had. You can identify two (2) work practice improvements that could be madeto enhance legal and ethical responsiveness in the workplace

c.Identify one further improvement that would help people improve their work practices (either during the clinical practice workshop scenarios or in relation to your placement organisation, if applicable).