Chapter 1- EMS Systems

Question 1

4 levels of EMS practice

Answer 1

Education
Certification
Licensure
Credentialing

Question 2

public safety access point

Answer 2

a communication center where trained dispatchers obtain the necessary information from the caller and dispatch the ambulance crew and other equipment and responders that may be needed

Question 3

online medical control

Answer 3

direction given over phone/radio directily from medical director or designated physician

Question 4

offline medical control

Answer 4

standing orders, training, and supervision authorized by medical director

Question 5

mobile integrated healthcare (MIH)

Answer 5

a model in which healthcare is provided within the community, not doctor’s office or hospital

Question 6

primary prevention

Answer 6

focuses on strategies that will prevent the event from ever happening (vaccines)

Question 7

secondary prevention

Answer 7

the event has already happened and you want to decrease the effects of the event (educating)