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1
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Emergency medical treatment given to patients before they are transported to a hospital or other facility.

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Prehospital care

2
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Protects individuals who have a documented disability from being denied initial or continued employment based on their disability.

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Americans With Disabilities Act (1990)

3
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Physician who is legally responsible for the clinical and patient care aspects of the EMS system.

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Medical director

4
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Developing and establishing the guidelines under which emergency medical service personnel function.

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Medical direction

5
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Comprise a full set of guidelines that define the entire scope of medical care (triage, treatment, transport, destination.)

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Protocols

6
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Provided through a set of predetermined, written guidelines that allow EMTs to use their judgement to administer emergency medical care according to the written guidelines without having to contact a physician.

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Off-line medical direction

7
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Requires that the EMT squire permission from a physician via cell, telephone, or radio communication prior to administering specific emergency care.

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On-line medical direction

8
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A subset of protocols that do not require real time physician input. In some systems, the term is synonymous with offline medical direction.

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Standing orders

9
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The emerging term that more comprehensively describes the EMS system medical directors responsibilities.

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Medical oversight

10
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A system of internal and external reviews and audits of all aspects of an emergency medical system.

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Quality improvement

11
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Focuses on research to provide clear evidence that certain procedures, medications, and equipment improve the patients outcome.

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Evidence based medicine

12
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Permits patient care to begin at the scene of the injury or illness, and EMS is part of a continuum of patient care that extends from the time of injury or illness until rehabilitation or discharge.

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EMS system

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