Chapter 27 Terms Flashcards
Air medical transport
A type of transport to a medical facility or between medical facilities by helicopter or fixed-wing aircraft.
Audible warning devices
Devices in an emergency vehicle to warn oncoming and side traffic of the vehicle’s approach.
Air horns or sirens.
Emergency medical dispatcher (EMD)
A telecommunicator who has received special training for triaging a request for medical service and allocating appropriate resources to the scene of an incident and for providing prearrival medical instructions to patient or bystanders before more advanced medical personnel arrive.
Jump kit
A bag or box containing equipment used by the EMR when responding to a medical emergency; includes items such as resuscitation masks and airway adjuncts, gloves, blood pressure cuffs and bandages.
Landing zone (LZ)
A term for military jargon used to describe any area where an aircraft, such as an air medical helicopter, can land safely.
Packaging
The process of getting a patient ready to be transferred safely from the scene to an ambulance or a helicopter.
Transferring
The responsibility of transporting a patient to an ambulance, as well as transferring information about the medical personnel who take over care.
Trauma alert criteria
An assessment system used by emergency medical services providers to rapidly identify those patients determined to have sustained severe injuries that warrant immediate evacuation for specialized medical treatment.
Based on several factors including status of airway, breathing and circulation, Glosgow Coma Scale, certain types of injuries present, the patient’s age (separate criteria for pediatric and adult patients).
Visual warning devices
Warning lights in an emergency vehicle that, used together with audible warning devices, alert other drivers of the vehicles approach.
