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Chap 1 Vocab
EMS systems
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Define AEMT | Advanced EMT specific training in some aspects of ALS |
| Define ALS | Advanced Life Support- includes internal treatments such as IVs |
| Define ADA | American Disability Act- designed to protect people with disabilities from discrimination |
| Define AED | Automated External Defibrillator- device that detects V-fib and delivers a shock to the Pt |
| certification | person/institute is recognized as meeting certain criteria |
| Define CQI | Continuous Quality Improvement- a system of internal and external reviews and audits of all aspects of EMS |
| Define EMD | Emergency Medical Dispatch- assists dispatchers with selection appropriate units and provide the caller with vital instructions |
| Define EMR | Emergency Medical Responder- first trained professional (LEO, fire, lifeguard) to provide initial medical assistance |
| Define EMS | System that represents combined efforts of several professionals and agencies to provide prehospital care to the sick and injured |
| Define EMT | individual with training in Basic Life Support |
| Define HIPPA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act- 1996- provides confidentiality about pt information to be secured, punishable by violation |
| licensure | process where an authority, usually the state, allows people to perform a regulated act |
| define medical control | physician instructions given both online/direct or offline/indirect, as authorized by the medical director |
| define medical director | the physician who authorizes or delegates an EMT with the authority to preform care in the field |
| National EMS scope of Practice Model | document created by the National Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that outlines the skills performed by various EMS providers |
| Paramedic | extensive training in ALS |
| Primary prevention | efforts to occur an injury/illness from every occurring (ex: don't text and drive) |
| Primary Service Area | designated area in which the EMS agency is responsible for providing prehospital emergency care and transport to the hospital |
| public safety access point | a call center, staffed by trained personnel who are responsible for managing requests for police, fire, and ambulance services |
| quality control | the responsibility of the medical director the ensure the appropriate medical care standards are met by EMTs on each call |
| secondary prevention | efforts to limit the effects of an injury or illness that you cannot completely prevent (ex: wearing seatbelts) |
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