Chapter 1-EMS Systems Flashcards
Define EMS
(Emergency Medical Service) is a system that consists of a team of healthcare professionals who are responsible for providing emergency car and transport of the sick and injured.
At what level are the standards for the pre-hospital care delivered by EMSs regulated?
The state level
What are the four levels of training for the healthcare professionals who make up the EMS system?
EMR (first responder, EMT, AEMT, Paramedic
What aspect of EMS services is regulated at the federal level?
The theoretical foundation for the basic skills that should be possessed by EMS providers at each level.
What aspect of EMS services is regulated at the state level?
Licensure and how EMS services are to operate
What aspect of EMS services is regulated at the local level?
The medical director is the person who has day-to-day contact with EMS providers and determines details such as what medications are carried on the ambulances.
What is the name of the document created at the national level to outline the basic skills that EMS providers at various levels should have? What entity created it?
The National EMS Scope of Practice Model; The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
What are AEDs designed to detect?
Cardiac dysrhythmias (ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia)
Who authorizes EMTs to provide medical care?
Physician medical directors who preside over the EMTs on a day-to-day basis
What are the two types of medical control or direction?
Online (via radio or telephone and live) or off-line (via written instructions)
List the 17 roles and responsibilities of the EMT
(1) Keep vehicles and equipment ready
(2) Operate the emergency vehicle
(3) Ensure the safety of yourself, partner, patient, and bystanders
(4) Be an on-scene leader
(5) Evaluate the scene
(6) Call for additional resources as needed
(7) Gain patient access
(8) Perform patient assessment
(9) Give patient emergency medical care
(10) Give emotional support to patient, family, and your partner
(11) Work with other medical professionals to maintain continuity of care
(12) resolve emergency incidents
(13) uphold medical and legal standards
(14) Give administrative support
(15) continue professional development
(16) cultivate and sustain community relationships
(17) Give back to the profession
List the 11 professional attributes of an EMT
Integrity, empathy, self-motivation, appearance and hygiene, self-confidence, time-management, communications, teamwork and diplomacy, respect, patient advocacy, careful delivery of care.
