Chapter 1- EMS Systems

Question 1

What are EMS

Answer 1

A team of heath care professionals who, in each area or jurisdiction, are responsible for and provide emergency care and transportation to the sick and injured.

Question 2

Four levels of EMS

Answer 2

Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
Advanced EMT (AEMT)
Paramedic

Question 3

What Is an EMR?

Answer 3

An EMR has very basic training and provides care before the ambulance arrives. EMR.s may also perform in an assistant role within the ambulance.

Question 4

What is an EMT?

Answer 4

An EMT has training in basic life support, including automated external defibrillation, use of airway adjuncts, and assisting patients with certain medications.

An EMT is the backbone of the EMS system in the US.

Question 5

What is an AEMT?

Answer 5

an AEMT has training in specific aspects of advanced life support (ALS), such as intravenous (IV) therapy and the administration of certain emergency medications.

Question 6

What is a Paramedic?

Answer 6

A Paramedic has extensive traiing in ALS, including endotracheal intubation, emergency pharmacology, cardiac monitoring, and other advanced assessment and treatment skills.

Question 7

What do the bars represent on the “Star of Life”

Answer 7

1. Detection
2. Reporting
3. Response
4. On-scene care
5. Care in Transit
6. Transfer to definitive care

Question 8

What do the serpent and the staff in the Star of Life represent?

Answer 8

Portrays the staff of Asclepius, an ancient Greek physician defied as the god of medicine. The staff represents medicine and healing with the skin shedding serpent being indicative of renewal.

Question 9

Focus and Requirements

Answer 9

1. Scene size-up
2. Patient assessment
3. Treatment
4. Packaging

Question 10

What is the American with Disabilities Act

Answer 10

protects individuals who have a disability from being denied access to programs and services that are provided by state or local governments and prohibits employers from failing to provide full and equal employment to the disabled.

Question 11

National EMS Scope of Practice Model

Answer 11

This document provides overarching guidelines as to what skills each level of EMS provider should be able to accomplish.

Question 12

What is a Automated external defibrillator (AED)

Answer 12

Detect life- threatening cardiac arrhythmias and deliver the appropriate electrical shock to the patient

Question 13

What is the Public Safety Access Point?

Answer 13

911 Center- Communication Center

Question 14

What is an Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD)

Answer 14

This assists dispatchers in providing callers with vital instructions to help them deal with a medical emergency until the arrival of EMS crews.

Question 15

What is a primary service area? (PSA)

Answer 15

the roads in your district

Question 16

Who is a medical director?

Answer 16

Authorizes the EMT’s in the service to provide medical care in the field. HE provides the ongoing working liaison between the medical community, hospitals and the EMTs in the service.

Question 17

What is medical Control?

Answer 17

Medical Control is either off line (indirect) or online (direct) as authorized by the medical director. Online medical control consists of direction given over the phone or to a radio directly from the medical director or designated physician.

Question 18

THe Continuous quality improvement (CQI)

Answer 18

is a circular system of all continuous internal and external reviews and audits of all aspects of an EMS system.