Chapter 1 Flashcards
A device that detects treatable life-threatening cardiac dysrhythmias (ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia) and delivers the appropriate electrical shock to the patient
Automated external defibrillator
A document created by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that outlines the skills performed by various EMS providers
National EMS Scope of Practice Model
A system of internal and external reviews and audits of all aspects of an EMT system aimed at improving outcomes
Continuous quality improvement
An established process to determine the qualifications necessary to be allowed to practice a particular profession. Or function as an organization
Credentialing
The process whereby a competent authority, usually the state, allows people to perform a regulated act
Licensure
A trained professional, such as police officer, firefighter, lifeguard, or other rescuer, who may arrive first at the scene of an emergency to provide initial medical assistance
Emergency medical responders
Comprehensive legislation that is is designed to protect people with disabilities against discrimination
American With Disabilities Act
Efforts to limit the effects of an injury or illness that you cannot completely prevent
Secondary prevention
An approach to medicine where decisions are based on well conducted research, classifying recommendations based on the strength of scientific evidence; also called science based medicine
Evidence-based medicine
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
Community paramedicine
An individual who has extensive training in advanced life support, including endotracheal intubation, emergency pharmacology, cardiac monitoring, and other advanced assessment and treatment skills
Paramedic
Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring
Primary prevention
Physician instructions given directly by radio or cell phone or indirectly by protocol/guidelines, as authorized by the medical director of the service program
Medical control
Advanced life-saving procedures, some of which are now being provided by the EMT
Advanced life support
Oversight by the medical director to ensure the appropriate medical care standards are met by EMTs on each call
Quality conteol
The designated area in which the EMS agency is responsible for the provision of prehospital emergency care and transportation to the hospital
Primary service area
A call center, staffed by trained personnel who are responsible for managing requests by police, fire, and ambulance services
Public safety access point
A method of delivering health care that involves providing health care within the community rather at a physicians office or hospital
Mobile integrated health care
The physician who authorizes or delegates to the EMT the authority to provide medical care in the field
Medical director
The delivery of medication directly into a vein
Intravenous therapy
Federal legislation passed in 1996. Its main effect in EMS is in limiting availability of patients health care information and penalizing violations of patient privacy
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
A multidisciplinary system that represents the combined efforts of several professionals and agencies to provide prehospital emergency care to the sick an injured
Emergency medical services
The beach of medicine that is focused on examining the health needs of entire populations with the goal of preventing health problems
Public health
An individual who has trained in specific aspects of advanced life support, such as intravenous therapy, and the administration of certain emergency medications
Advanced EMT
