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CH 1 Flashcards

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History of EMS
1947

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  • First Ambulance use
  • Transport Only
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History of EMS
1800

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  • Prehospital System for triaging
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EMS history
1926

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  • Start of service similar to today, Phoenix Fire*
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History of EMS
1940

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  • FIre and Police based EMS
  • No stardards Set
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5
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Who developed Mouth to Mouth

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Drs. James Elan & Peter Safar

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1965 The white paper findings

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  1. No stardards/Laws
  2. poor equiptment
  3. lack of communication
  4. lack of training
  5. part time staff
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Who was Dr Nagel?

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  1. The “father of paramedicine”
  2. created first Telemtry
  3. create first paramedic program in Miami 1969
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what does registration mean

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a recognized board holds record of your education, state and local licensure

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what does Licensure mean

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  • how states control who is allowed to practice as a health care provider
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what does credentialing mean

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medical director dictates which skills are performed

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what is reciprocity?

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  • granting certification to a provider from another state or agency
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Third service EMS (municipalities)

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may operate their own ambualnce services from fire, police, and other public safety entities.

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hybrid EMS

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Employers have hired paramedics to work in areas like oil drills, medical offices, etc.

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difference between third-service EMS vs private EMS agency

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  • Private EMS contract their services to municipalities
  • Managing existing service or providing full service
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who is usually the first contact for EMS servies?

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Dispatcher

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who creates the scope of practice for EMS

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NHTSA (National HIghway Traffic Safety Administration)

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what is a profession

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a field that requires specialized set of knowledge, skills, and expertise

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18
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define protocol

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guideline that is a treatment plan

19
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Example of Rule based failure

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A parameic doesn’t have the legal right to give a certain medication

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what is a research agenda

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it specifies…
1. the questions to be answered
2. aims to be adressed
3. methods on how to gather information

20
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Example of Skill-Based failure

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A medic does’t know how to perform a skill

20
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example of knowledge based failure

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a paramedic doesn’t know all the pertinent information about a medication

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what is research domain

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its a reasearch area to be adressed like:
* clinical
* basic science
* systems
* education

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example of clincal domain

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includes stroke research that performs clincal trials

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Example of basic science reasearch

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a study of the effectivness of new drug

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example of systems domain of EMS

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focuses on operations, ex. sleep deprivation affect on patient care

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Example of education domain

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study on how programs are taught for instance paramedic programs

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define research consortium

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a group of agencies working together to study a topic

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Type of research that Questions within surrounding events and concurrent processes Often used when quantitative research does not provide answers

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Qualitive

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type of research is based on numeric data

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Quantitive

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what is Nonexperimental research

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its a descriptive research that collects data through interviews and watching vitals signs parameters

30
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what is survey research

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conclusions are based on survey results
* findings may not be generalized

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type of research that looks back on data to form a conclusion like EMS reports

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Retrospective

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Type fo research that gathers real time data

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Prospective

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type of reserach that exames patterns of change, trends over time

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Cohort

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types of research that collects info a various set time intervals

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Longitudinal

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type of reseach in which the literature is reviewed

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Literature review

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A research may pick subjects through a computer-generated system

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Systematic Sampling

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type of sampling of subjects that parameters are time framed

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Alternative Time

38
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the least preferred method is when subjects are manually assigned

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Convenience Sampling

39
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this gathered statistic format is when observations are made but not alterations are made

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Descriptive

40
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This gathered statistic format is when a hypothesis is used to proved one finding versus another

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Inferential

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