Chapter 1 Flashcards
(46 cards)
An Individual who has training in specific aspects of advanced life support, such as intravenous therapy, and the administration of certain emergency medication.
AEMT
Advanced lifesaving procedures, including cardiac monitoring, administration of intravenous fluids and medications, and the use of advanced airway adjuncts. EMTs may be trained in some of these areas.
ALS
Comprehensive legislation that is designed to protect people with disabilities against discrimination.
ADA
A device that detects treatable life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias (ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia) and delivers the appropriate electrical shock to the patient.
AED
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 patient care.
Certification
A health care model in which experienced paramedics receive advanced training to equip them to provide additional services in the prehospital environment, such as health evaluations, monitoring or chronic illnesses or conditions, and patient advocacy.
Community paramedicine
A system of internal and external reviews and audits of all aspects of an EMS system.
CQI
A system that assists dispatchers in selecting appropriate unites to respond to a particular call for assistance and provides callers with vital instructions until the arrival of EMS crews.
Emergency medical dispatch (EMD)
The first trained professional, such as a police officer, firefighter, lifeguard, or other rescuer, to arrive at the scene of an emergency to provide initial medical assistance.
Emergency medical responder (EMR)
A multidisciplinary system that represents the combined efforts of several professionals and agencies to provide prehospital emergency care to the sick and injured
EMS
An individual who has training in basic life support, including automated external defibrillation, use of a definitive airway adjunct, and assisting patients with certain medications.
EMT
Federal legislation passed in 1996. Its main effect in EMS is in limiting availability of patients’ health care information and penalizing violations of patient privacy.
HIPAA
The delivery of medication directly into a vein
Intravenous Therapy
The process whereby a competent authority, usually the state, allows people to perform a regulated act.
Licensure
Physician instructions given directly by radio or cell phone (online/direct) or indirectly by protocol/guidelines (off-line/indirect), as authorized by the medical director of the service program.
Medical control
The physician who authorizes or delegates to the EMT the authority to provide medical care in the field.
medical director
A method of delivering health care which involves providing health care within the community rather than at a physician’s office or hospital.
Mobile integrated healthcare (MIH)
A document created by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that outlines the skills performed by various EMS providers.
National EMS scope of practice
An individual who has extensive training in advanced life support, including endotracheal intubation, emergency pharmacology, cardiac monitoring, and other advanced assessment and treatment skills.
Paramedic
Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring.
Primary prevention
The designated area in which the EMS agency is responsible for the provision of prehospital emergency care and transportation to the hospital.
Primary service area (PSA)
Focused on examining the health needs of entire populations with the goal of preventing health problems.
Public Health
A call center, staffed by trained personnel who are responsible for managing requests for police, fire, and ambulance services.
Public safety access point
The responsibility of the medical director to ensure the appropriate medical care standards are met by EMTs on each call.
Quality Control
