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EMT chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| AEMT | Individual with training in specific aspects of advanced life support. Intravenous therapy and administering certain medicines are included. |
| Advanced Life Support (ALS) | Advanced lifesaving procedures, some being provided by the EMT. |
| Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) | Comprehensive legislation that is designed to protect individuals with disabilities against discrimination. |
| Automated External Defibrillator (AED) | A device that can detect treatable life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias and delivers the appropriate electrical shock. (Ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia) |
| Certification | A process in which a person, institution, or program is evaluated and recognized as meeting predetermined standards for safe and ethical care. |
| Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) | A system of internal and external reviews and audits of all aspects of an EMS system. |
| Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) | System that assists dispatchers in selecting appropriate units to respond to a particular call for assistance and in providing callers with vital instructions until the arrival of EMS crews. |
| Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) | First trained individual, (police officer, firefighter lifeguard etc.) to arrive at the scene of an emergency to provide initial medical assistance. |
| Emergency Medical Services (EMS) | Multidisciplinary system that represents the combined efforts of several professionals and agencies to provide prehospital emergency care. |
| Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) | Individual who has training in basic life support, including AED's, use of a definitive airway adjunct, and assisting patients with certain medications. |
| Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA) | Federal legislation passed in 1996. Its main effect in EMS is in limiting availability of patients' health care information and penalizing violations of patient privacy. |
| Intravenous (IV) Therapy | Delivery of medication directly into a vein. |
| Licensure | The process whereby a state allows individuals to perform a regulated act. |
| Medical Control | Physician instructions that are given directly by radio or cell phone (online/direct) or indirectly by protocol (offline/indirect) as authorized by the medical director of the service program. |
| Medical Director | The physician who authorizes or delegates to the EMT the authority to provide medical care in the field. |
| National EMS Scope of Practice Model | Document created by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that outlines the skills performed by various EMS providers. |
| Paramedic | Individual with extensive training in ALS, including endotracheal intubation, emergency pharmacology, cardiac monitoring, and other advanced assessment and treatment skills. |
| Primary Prevention | Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring. |
| Primary Service Area (PSA) | Designated area in which the EMS service is responsible for the provision of prehospital emergency care and transportation to the hospital. |
| Public Health | Focused on examining the health needs of entire populations with the goal of preventing health problems. |
| Public Safety Access Point | Call center, staffed by trained personnel, responsible for managing requests for different emergency services. |
| Quality Control | Responsibility of the medical director to ensure that the appropriate medical standards are being met on each call.1 |
| Secondary Prevention | Efforts to limit the effects of an injury or illness that you cannot completely prevent. |
| What agency is the federal source for the EMT curriculum? | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. |
| What's the EMT's primary job? | Ensure that he or she is as safe as possible. |
| According to National EMS Scope of Practice what airway adjuncts are EMT's able to use? | Nasal cannulas, oral airways, bag-mask device, manual, nonrebreathing mask, humidifiers, venturi mask, ventilators and more. |
| Prior to going on duty an EMT should...? | Check all equipment, ensure the ambulance is fully fueled and test each of the driver's controls. |
| What is an example of online medical control? | Radio communication with the hospital. |
| What do the medical director and other assigned staff have to do to ensure quality control? | Review patient care reports, audit administrative records and survey patients. |
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