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Preparatory

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Automated External Defibrillator (AED)   show
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show A call center, staffed by trained personnel who are responsible for managing request for police, firefighting, and ambulance  
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show Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occuring  
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show Efforts to limit the effects of an injury or illness that you cannot completely prevent.  
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Intravenous (IV) therapy   show
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show The first trained individual, such as a police officer, fire fighter, lifeguard, or other rescuer, to arrive at the scene of an emergency to provide initial medical assistance.  
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Licensure   show
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Advance life support (ALS)   show
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show A system of internal and external reviews and audits of all aspects of an EMS system.  
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show Physician instructions that are given directly by radio or cell phone (online/direct) or indirectly by protocol/guidelines (offline/indirect), as authorized by the medical director of the service program.  
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Emergency Medical Services (EMS)   show
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show Federal legislation passed in 1996. its main effect in EMS is in limiting availability of patients health care information and penalizing violations of patients privacy.  
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Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)   show
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show A process in which a person, an institution, or a program is evaluated and recognized as meeting certain predetermined standards to provide safe and ethical care.  
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show Comprehensive legislation that is designed to protect individuals with disabilities against discrimination.  
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show An individual who has training in specific aspects of advanced life support, such as intravenous therapy, and the administration of certain emergency medications  
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National EMS Scope of Practice Model   show
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Medical Director   show
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Public Health   show
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show A 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.  
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show The designated area in which the EMS service is responsible for the provision of prehospital emergency care and transportation to the hospital.  
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Quality Control   show
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