Chapter 26: Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics

Question 1

Advanced airway devices

Answer 1

Devices used to open or maintain a patient’s obstructed or injured airway to maintain breathing.

Question 2

Advanced emergency medical technician

Answer 2

The third level of a four-tier category of emergency medical technician who provides basic and limited advanced emergency medical care and transportation for critical and emergent patients who access the emergency medical system.

Question 3

Emergency equipment

Answer 3

Equipment such as heart defibrillator, intravenous accessory, oxygen supply, and so on, intended for use in patients experiencing a medical emergency outside a hospital or similar facility.

Question 4

Emergency medical responder

Answer 4

The first level of a four-tier category of emergency medical technician who is prepared to care for patients at the scene of an accident and while transporting patients by ambulance to the hospital under medical direction.

Question 5

Emergency medical services (EMS)

Answer 5

A network of services coordinated to provide aid and medical assistance from primary response to definitive care, involving personnel trained in the rescue, stabilization, transportation, and advanced treatment of traumatic or medical emergencies.

Question 6

Emergency medical technician (EMT)

Answer 6

The second level of a four-tier category of emergency medical technician who has more advanced training and can provide the most extensive prehospital care; however, what they are permitted to do varies by state.

Question 7

Emergency skills

Answer 7

Applicable to a medical emergency including, but not limited to, emergency care (health care at the basic life support level)– for example, spinal immobilization, administration of oxygen, and control of bleeding.

Question 8

First responder

Answer 8

Refers to the first “certified” person– for example, an emergency medical technician, a police officer, or a firefighter– who arrives at the scene of a disaster, accident, or life-threatening medical situation. The first responder’s duties include providing medical assistance and calling other emergency caregivers to the scene.

Question 9

National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT)

Answer 9

Certifies emergency medical service providers at five levels: first responder; EMT-Basic; EMT-Intermediate; which has two levels called 1985 and 1999; and paramedic.

Question 10

Paramedic

Answer 10

The fourth level of a four-tier emergency medical technician category who performs lifesaving interventions with both basic and advanced equipment typically found in an ambulance.