EMT 1 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
EMT | Emergency Medical Technician |
EMS | Emergency Medical Services |
ALS | Advanced Life Support |
EMSC | Emergency Medical Services for Children |
NREMT | National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians |
NHTSA | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
TAP | Technical Assistance Program |
What are the 10 components of the NHTSA TAP standards? | 1. Regulation and policy, 2. Resources Management, 3. Human resources and training, 4. Transportation, 5. Facilities, 6. Communications, 7. Public information and education, 8. Medical Direction, 9. Trauma systems, 10. Evaluation |
CPR | Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation |
DTEMS | Department of Trauma and EMS |
EMS system | The EMS system is a network of resources that provides emergency care and transportation to victims of sudden illness or injury |
Healthcare system | A healthcare system is a network of people, facilities, and equipment that is designed to provide for the general medical needs of the population. |
E9-1-1 or Enhanced 9-1-1 | A system that routes an emergency call to the 9-1-1 center closest to the caller and automatically displays the caller's phone number and address |
What is the National ENS Scope of Practice? | A document that defines four levels of EMS Professionals: emergency medical responders, EMTs, Advanced EMTs (AEMTs0, and paramedics |
What were AEMTs formerly know as? | EMT-Intermediates |
Statutes | Laws established by Congress and state legislators. |
What does the First There, First Care program do and what are its five steps? | The program encourahes Americans to take five stips when they come upon an injured person: 1. Stop to help. 2. Call for Help. 3.Assess the victim. 4. Start breathing. 5.Stop the bleeding. |
Extrication | The process of removing structural components from around a patient to facilitate patient care and transportation. |
Vital Signs | measurements of breathing, pulse, skin temperature, pupils, and blood pressure |
PCR | pre-hospital care report |
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