C1: EMS Systems
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| advanced emergency medical technician (AEMT) | a person who is able to perform basic life support skills and limited advanced life support skills.
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| advanced life support (ALS) | the use of specialized equipment (such as cardiac monitors and defibrillators) and specialized techniques (such as intravenous fluid administration, drug infusion, and endotracheal intubation) to stabilize a patient's condition.
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| appropriate medical facility | a hospital or medical clinic with adequate medical resources to provide continuing care to sick or injured patients who are transported after field treatment by emergency medical responses.
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| basic life support (BLS) | emergency life-saving procedures performed without advanced emergency procedures to stabilize the condition of patients who have experienced sudden illness or injury.
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| certification | the process by which a person, institution, or program is evaluated and recognized as meeting certain standards to ensure safe and ethical patient care.
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| defibrillation | process of delivering an electric shock through a person's chest wall and heart for the purpose of ending lethal heart rhythms' such as ventricular fibrillation and to help establish normal heart contractions and rhythms.
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| emergency medical responder (EMR) | the first medically trained person to arrive on the scene.
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| emergency medical technician (EMT) | a person who is trained and certified to provide basic life support and certain other noninvasive prehospital medical procedures.
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| emergency response communications center | a fire, police, or emergency medical services agency; a 911 center; or a seven digit telephone number used by one or all of the emergency agencies to receive and dispatch requests for emergency care; also called a public safety answering point.
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| paramedic | a person trained and certified to provide advanced life support.
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