Chapter 1

Question 0

Advanced Life Support (ALS)

Answer 0

The use of specialized equipment such as cardiac monitors, defibrillators, intravenous fluids, and endotracheal intubation to stabilize a patients condition

Question 1

Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT)

Answer 1

A person who is able to perform basic life support skills and limited advanced life support skills.

Question 2

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Answer 2

Emergency life saving procedures performed without advanced emergency procedures to stabilize the conditions of patients who have experienced sudden illness or injury

Question 3

Defibrillation

Answer 3

Delivery of an electric current through a persons chest wall and heart for the purpose of ending lethal heart rhythms such as ventricular fibrillation

Question 4

Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP)

Answer 4

A fire, police, or EMS agency; a 9-1-1 center used by one or all of the emergency agencies to receive and dispatch requests for emergency care.

Question 5

Paramedics

Answer 5

Persons trained and certified to provide advanced life support.

Question 6

Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)

Answer 6

A person who is trained and certified to provide basic life support and certain other noninvasive prehospital medical procedures.