1: EMS Systems Vocab

Question 1

Advanced EMT (AEMT)

Answer 1

An individual who has training in specific aspects of ALS, such as IV therapy, and the administration of certain emergency medications

Question 2

Advanced Life support (ALS)

Answer 2

Advanced life-saving procedures, some of which are now being provided by the EMT

Question 3

American with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Automated external defibrillator (AED)

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Certification

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A process in which people, programs, and organizations are evaluated and recognized by certain predetermined standards to provide sfae and ethical care

Question 6

Community Paramedicine

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A health care model in which paramedics are trained to further their training in prehospital environments such as health evaluations, monitoring of chronic illnesses or conditions, and patient advocacy

Question 7

Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)

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A system of internal and external reviews and audits of all aspects of the EMS system with the goal to improving future outcomes

Question 8

Credentialing

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

Question 9

Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD)

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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 the EMS crews

Question 10

Emergency Medical services (EMS)

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A multidisciplinary system that represents the combined efforts of several professions and agencies to provide prehospital emergency care to the sick and injured. Governed by state laws

Question 11

Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)

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An individual who has training in BLS, AED, definitive airway adjuncts, and assisting patients with certain medications

Question 12

Evidence based medicine (EBM)

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Also known as science based medicine. This is an approach to medicine in which is backed up by research, classifying recommendations based on strength of scientific evidence

Question 13

Heath Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

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Federal legislation based in 1996. Its main effect in EMS is in limiting availability of patients health care information and penalizing violations of patient privacy

Question 14

9-1-1 System is the

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Public safety access point

Question 15

Physician Medical Director

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Authorizes EMT to provide medical care, liason between hospitals and EMTS, maintains quality control

Question 16

Who is required to gather insurance information

Answer 16

EMTs

Question 17

What is Emergency Triage, Treat, and Transport (ET3)

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strives to reinburse EMS systems for providing the right patient care

Question 18

Primary vs Secondary Prevention

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Primary: Prevents the event from ever happening
Secondary: Prevents after the even has already happened