Section 1, Chapter 1

Question 1

Define emergency medical systems.

Answer 1

A team of Healthcare professionals who are responsible for and provide emergency care and transportation to the sick and injured

Question 2

Name four levels of EMT training licensure.

Answer 2

Emergency medical responder (EMR); Emergency medical technician (EMT); advanced EMT (AEMT); paramedic

Question 3

Advanced EMT (AEMT)

Answer 3

An individual who has training in specific aspects of advanced life support such as intravenous therapy and the administration of certain emergency medications

Question 4

Advanced life support (ALS)

Answer 4

Advanced lifesaving procedures, some of which are now being provided by the EMT

Question 5

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Answer 5

Comprehensive legislation that is designed to protect people with disabilities against discrimination

Question 6

Automated external defibrillator (AED)

Answer 6

A device that detects treatable life threatening cardiac disrhythmias ( Ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia) And delivers the appropriate electrical shock to the patient

Question 7

Certification

Answer 7

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 care

Question 8

Community paramedicine

Answer 8

A healthcare model in which experienced paramedics receive advanced training equip them to provide additional services in the pre hospital environment, such as health evaluations, monitoring of chronic illnesses or conditions, and patient advocacy

Question 9

Continuous quality improvement (CQI)

Answer 9

A system of internal and external reviews and audits of all aspects of an EMS system aiming at improving outcomes

Question 10

Credentialing

Answer 10

An established process to determine the qualifications necessary to be allowed to practice a particular profession, or to function as an organization

Question 11

Emergency medical dispatch (EMD)

Answer 11

A system that assists dispatchers in selecting appropriate units to respond to a particular call for assistance and provides callers with vital instructions until the arrival of EMS crews

Question 12

Emergency medical services (EMS)

Answer 12

A multi disciplinary system that represents the combined efforts of several professionals and agencies to provide pre hospital emergency care to the sick injured

Question 13

Emergency medical technician (EMT)

Answer 13

An individual who has training in basic life support, including automated external defibrillation, use of a definitive airway adjunct, in assisting patients with certain medications

Question 14

Evidence based medicine (EBM)

Answer 14

An approach to medicine where decisions are based on well conducted research, classifying recommendations based on the strength of the scientific evidence

Question 15

Health insurance portability and accountability act (HIPPA)

Answer 15

Federal legislation passed in 1996. It’s main effect in EMS is in limiting availability of patient’s healthcare information and penalizing violations of patient privacy.

Question 16

Intravenous therapy (IV)

Answer 16

The delivery of medication directly into a vein

Question 17

Licensure

Answer 17

The process whereby a competent authority, usually the state, allows people to perform a regulated act

Question 18

Medical control

Answer 18

Physician instructions given directly by radio or cell phone or indirectly by protocol or guidelines as authorized by the medical director of the service program

Question 19

Medical director

Answer 19

The physician who authorizes or delegates to the EMT the authority to provide medical care in the field

Question 20

Mobile integrated healthcare (MIH)

Answer 20

A method of delivering healthcare that involves providing healthcare within the community rather than at a physician’s office or hospital

Question 21

National EMS scope of practice model

Answer 21

A document created by the national highway traffic safety administration that outlines the skills performed by various EMS providers

Question 22

Paramedic

Answer 22

An individual who has extensive training and advanced life support, including endotracheal intubation, emergency pharmacology, cardiac monitoring, and other advanced assessment and treatment skills

Question 23

Primary prevention

Answer 23

Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring

Question 24

Primary service area

Answer 24

The designate area in which the EMS agency is responsible for the provision of prehospital emergency care and transportation to the hospital

Question 25

Public health

Answer 25

The branch of medicine that is focused on examining the health needs of entire populations with the goal of preventing health problems

Question 26

Public safety access point

Answer 26

A call center, staff by train personnel who are responsible for managing requests for police, fire, and ambulance services

Question 27

Quality control

Answer 27

Oversight by the medical director to ensure that appropriate medical care standards are met by the EMT’s on each call

Question 28

Secondary prevention

Answer 28

Efforts to limit the effects of an injury or illness that you cannot completely prevent