Chapter 1: EMS Systems Flashcards
Advanced Life Support (ALS)
Advanced life saving procedures
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
_____________ helps individuals with disabilities against discrimination
Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
A device that DETECTS treatable life-threatening CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS (I.e. v-fib or v-tach) and DELIVERS the appropriate electrical SHOCK to the patient
Certification
A process in which a person is evaluated and recognized as meeting certain predetermined standards to provide safe and ethical care
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
A system of intervals and external reviews and AUDITS of all aspects of the EMS system
Designed to identify areas of improvement
Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD)
Provides callers with what to do until EMS arrives
System that assets dispatchers in selecting appropriate units to respond to a particular call for assistance
Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)
1st training to arrive on scene
I.e. Firefighters, police officers, life guards
Provides initial medical care
Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
Provides prehospital care to the sick and injured
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
Someone trained in Basic Life Support.
External Defibrillation
Airway Adjunct
Assisting with certain medicines
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HIPPA
Protects the patients privacy
Passed in 1996
Advanced EMT
AEMT
An individual who has training in specific aspects of ALS such as INTRAVENOUS (IV) THERAPY and administration of certain medicines
Medical Control
Physician instructions that are given directly by radio or cell phone (online/direct) or indirectly by protocol/guidelines (offline/indirect), as authorized by the medical director of the service program
National EMS scope of Practice Model
A document created by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that outlines that outlines the skills performed by various EMS providers
Paramedic
An individual who has extensive training in ADVANCED life support, including endotracheal intubation, emergency pharmacology, cardiac monitoring, and other advanced assesments and treatment skills.
