Ch 1

Question 1

AEMT

Answer 1

some advanced life support like intravenous therapy, and administration of certain medications

Question 2

ALS

Answer 2

Advanced life support procedures

Question 3

ADA

Answer 3

Americans w/ disabilities act

Question 4

AED

Answer 4

automated external defibrillator

Question 5

Certifications

Answer 5

a process for a person/institution is evaluated and recorded as meeting a set standard

Question 6

community paramedicine

Answer 6

paramedics receive advanced training to equip them for additional prehospital services

Question 7

CQI

Answer 7

continuous quality improvement - internal and external audits to improve outcomes of EMS

Question 8

credentialing

Answer 8

process to determines necessary qualifications to practice a particular profession

Question 9

EMD

Answer 9

a system that assists dispatchers seeking appropriate units to response and gives callers vital instructions until EMS arrives

Question 10

EMR

Answer 10

a first trained professional

Question 11

EMS

Answer 11

multidisciplinary system that has combined efforts of professionals and agencies to provide pre hospital care

Question 12

EMT

Answer 12

trained in BLS, AED, airway adjunct, and certain medications

Question 13

EBM

Answer 13

evidence based medicine - approach to medicine is based on well done research

Question 14

Health insurance portability and accountability act

Answer 14

HIPAA - limits availability of patient info and privacy

Question 15

intravenous therapy

Answer 15

IV - delivery of medicine into vein

Question 16

medical control

Answer 16

physician instructors give instructions by radio or phone, or indirect instructions by protocol

Question 17

medical director

Answer 17

physician who assigns or delegates to the EMT the authority to provide medical care.

Question 18

MIH

Answer 18

mobile integrated health care - method of delivering healthcare in the community rather than in the hospital

Question 19

national EMS scope

Answer 19

outlines skills performed by various EMS

Question 20

paramedic

Answer 20

extensive ALS training, endotracheal intubation, emergency pharmacology, cardiac monitoring, other

Question 21

primary prevention

Answer 21

efforts to prevent injury from ever happening

Question 22

secondary prevention

Answer 22

efforts to limit injury or illness that you cannot completely prevent

Question 23

primary service area

Answer 23

designated area of EMS agency responsible for prehospital emergency care/transport

Question 24

public health

Answer 24

branch of medicine examining health needs of entire population

Question 25

public safety access point

Answer 25

a call center for emergency services accessible to callers

Question 26

quality control

Answer 26

oversight by medical director to ensure appropriate care.