1. Systems

Question 1

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

Answer 1

advanced EMT (AEMT)

Question 2

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

Answer 2

advanced life support (ALS)

Question 3

Comprehensive legislation designed to protect people with disabilities against discrimination

Answer 3

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Question 4

Device that detects treatable life-threatening cardiac dysrhythmias (ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia) and delivers the appropriate electrical shock to the patient

Answer 4

Automated External Device (AED)

Question 5

process in which a person, an institution, or a program is evaluated and recognized as meeting certain predetermined standards for providing safe and ethical care.

Answer 5

certification

Question 6

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 of chronic illnesses or conditions, and patient advocacy

Answer 6

community paramedicine

Question 7

A system of internal and external reviews and audits of all aspects of an EMS system

Answer 7

continuous quality improvement (CQI)

Question 8

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

Answer 8

emergency medical dispatch (EMD)

Question 9

The first trained professional (police officer or other rescuer) to arrive at a scene of an emergency to provide initial medical assistance

Answer 9

emergency medical responder (EMR)

Question 10

A multidisciplinary system that represents the combined efforts of several professionals and agencies to provide prehospital emergency care to the sick and injured.

Answer 10

emergency medical services (EMS)

Question 11

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.

Answer 11

emergency medical technicians (EMT)

Question 12

Federal legislation passed in 1996 affecting EMS in limiting availability of patients’ health care information and penalizing violations of patient privacy.

Answer 12

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

Question 13

The delivery of medication directly into the vein.

Answer 13

Intravenous (IV) therapy

Question 14

Process whereby a competent authority, usually the state, allows people to perform a regulated act.

Answer 14

licensure

Question 15

Physician instructions given directly by radio or cell phone (online/direct) or indirectly by protocol/guidelines (offline/indirect), as authorized by the medical director of the service program

Answer 15

medical control

Question 16

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

Answer 16

medical director

Question 17

A method of delivering health care which involves providing health care within the community rather than at a physician’s office or hospital.

Answer 17

mobile integrated healthcare (MIH)

Question 18

A document created by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that outlines the skills performed by various EMS providers.

Answer 18

National EMS Scope of Practice Model

Question 19

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

Answer 19

paramedic

Question 20

Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring

Answer 20

primary prevention

Question 21

Designed area which EMS agency is responsible

Answer 21

Primary Service Area (PSA)

Question 22

Focused on examining health needs of entire populations with the goal of preventing health problems.

Answer 22

Public Health

Question 23

A call center, staffed by trained personnel who are responsible for managing requests for police, fire, and ambulance services.

Answer 23

Public safety access point

Question 24

The responsibility of the medical director to ensure appropriate care standards are met by EMTs on each call

Answer 24

Quality control

Question 25

Efforts to limit the effects of an injury or illness that cannot be completely prevented.

Answer 25

Secondary prevention