Chapter 1: EMS Systems Flashcards
What are
EMRs
- First to a scene
- Trained in BLS
What are
AEMTs
EMTs with some ALS capabilities
- IV therapy
- Advanced airway adjuncts
- Medication administration
What are
Paramedics
Fully trained in ALS
- endotracheal intubation
- emergency pharmacology
- cardiac monitoring
- other advanced assessment and treatment
What is the responsibilty of
Emergency Medical Dispatchers
To give callers lifesaving instructions
What is
a Public Safety Access Point
a call center staffed by trained personnel responsible for managing requests for police, fire, and ambulance services. 911.
Who is responsible for maintaining
Quality control
The medical director
What are the two types of
Medical Control
Online and offline (standing)
What is primary prevention?
Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring.
Explain this and how it affects EMTs
HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Passed in 1996 to limit availability of pt’s health care info and to penalize violations of pt privacy
Who and what provide skills guidelines for EMT knowledge?
The National EMS Scope of Practice Model established by the NHTSA
What is Licensure?
Process whereby a state allows individuals to perform a regulated act
What is Certification?
A process in which a person, an institution, or a program is evaluated and recognized as meeting certain predetermined standards to provide safe and ethical care.
What is secondary prevention?
Efforts to limit the effects of an injury or illness that you cannot completely prevent.
What is a Medical Director?
The physician who authorizes the EMT to provide medical care in the field under his license.
Who is responsible for maintaining continuing education?
The EMT
