Definitions Flashcards
Geographic information services
Gathers mapping data for the province roads with the use of the CAD operating system
Field office
Manages day to day operations of ambulance
Provincial duty officer
Management and direction to ACC, interact with broader health care community, integrated responses to multi casualty incidents or disaster
Fire services
Called to scene for:
- extrication and rescue
- hazards
- mvc
- construction accident
- environmental hazards
- mci or disasters
- requested by ambulance crews
Police services
Tiered response for:
- 10-200, 10-2000, 10-27
- suspicious nature
- hazard to ambulance
- suspected child abuse
- criminal activities
- sudden death
- mvc
- industrial accident
- animal bite
- violent patient
- obstructed entry
- no contacted from ambulance for 20 mins
- environmental hazards
- MCI or disaster
- traffic control/site security
Public utilities
Called to scene:
- requested by ambulance
- mvc
- live wires
- broken water main
- natural gas leak
- environmental hazards
- structural hazards
- disaster
Marine services
Opp marine services and coast guard
Search and rescue
Land or water
Downed or missing aircraft
Missing aircraft (request ORNGE)
Medical officer
- Monitoring health of public
- investigating health hazards
- disease prevention and control
- environmental health monitoring
Coroner
-investigate sudden deaths (who, when, where, how, by)
Protocol
A highly defined procedure, outlined reference system to help ACOs make consistent decisions
Policy
A course of actions required in certain situations
Procedure
A series of actions performed in a certain order or manner
Act
A set of rights, duties, privileges, powers and punishments (legislation that has been made by parliament)
Ex. Ambulance act
Regulation
Deal with specialized matters with specific authorities (support the general requirements of the legislation and provide more details)
Ex. Ontario regulation 257/00
Standard
Provide the specific details of how to conduct the day to day tasks associated with the operations of ministry services (standards are written to fulfill the requirements of the regulation)
Ex. Performance standards for CACC
Ambulance act
Allows the government of Ontario to provide for and operate land and air ambulance services, ACCs and base hospital programs
Manual of practice
Sets the standard for the operation of ACCs
Performance standards
Targets or goals ACCs must strive to achieve
Ambulance
Conveyance use or intended to be used for the transportation of persons who have suffered trauma or illness that could endanger their life
Communication service
A service used in dispatching ambulances
Emergency medical attendant
Person who meets the qualifications for an emergency medical attendant under the ambulance act, does not include a paramedic or physician
Paramedic
Meets qualifications of ambulance act, authorized to perform controlled medicinal act (does not include physician or nurse)
Communications officer
Received requests for ambulance services and other emergent and non emergent services
Emergency
A situation where a delay in responding to a call for services could endanger the life, limb, or function or a person
Medical director
Physician designated by a base hospital as the medical director of a base program
Patient
A person who:
A) receives first aid emergency or medical care
B) transported in ambulance by paramedic
Geographic information services
Gathers mapping data for the province roads with the use of the CAD operating system
Provincial duty officer
Management and direction to ACC, interact with broader health care community, integrated responses to multi casualty incidents or disaster
Base hospital
Providing pre hospital patient care and transportation, providing quality assurance info and advice, providing medical education and maintain delegation
Fire services
Called to scene for:
- extrication and rescue
- hazards
- mvc
- construction accident
- environmental hazards
- mci or disasters
- requested by ambulance crews
Police services
Tiered response for:
- 10-200, 10-2000, 10-27
- suspicious nature
- hazard to ambulance
- suspected child abuse
- criminal activities
- sudden death
- mvc
- industrial accident
- animal bite
- violent patient
- obstructed entry
- no contacted from ambulance for 20 mins
- environmental hazards
- MCI or disaster
- traffic control/site security
Public utilities
Called to scene:
- requested by ambulance
- mvc
- live wires
- broken water main
- natural gas leak
- environmental hazards
- structural hazards
- disaster
Marine services
Opp marine services and coast guard
Search and rescue
Land or water
Downed or missing aircraft
Missing aircraft (request ORNGE)
Medical officer
- Monitoring health of public
- investigating health hazards
- disease prevention and control
- environmental health monitoring
Coroner
-investigate sudden deaths (who, when, where, how, by)
Protocol
A highly defined procedure, outlined reference system to help ACOs make consistent decisions
Policy
A course of actions required in certain situations
Procedure
A series of actions performed in a certain order or manner
Act
A set of rights, duties, privileges, powers and punishments (legislation that has been made by parliament)
Ex. Ambulance act
Regulation
Deal with specialized matters with specific authorities (support the general requirements of the legislation and provide more details)
Ex. Ontario regulation 257/00
Standard
Provide the specific details of how to conduct the day to day tasks associated with the operations of ministry services (standards are written to fulfill the requirements of the regulation)
Ex. Performance standards for CACC
Ambulance act
Allows the government of Ontario to provide for and operate land and air ambulance services, ACCs and base hospital programs
Manual of practice
Sets the standard for the operation of ACCs
Performance standards
Targets or goals ACCs must strive to achieve
Ambulance
Conveyance use or intended to be used for the transportation of persons who have suffered trauma or illness that could endanger their life
Communication service
A service used in dispatching ambulances
Emergency medical attendant
Person who meets the qualifications for an emergency medical attendant under the ambulance act, does not include a paramedic or physician
Paramedic
Meets qualifications of ambulance act, authorized to perform controlled medicinal act (does not include physician or nurse)
Base hospital
Hospital designated by the minister to provide a base hospital program
Communications officer
Received requests for ambulance services and other emergent and non emergent services
Emergency
A situation where a delay in responding to a call for services could endanger the life, limb, or function or a person
Medical director
Physician designated by a base hospital as the medical director of a base program
Patient
A person who:
A) receives first aid emergency or medical care
B) transported in ambulance by paramedic
Superfluous communications
Profane it obscene language or unauthorized communications
Ten codes
Used to reduce plain speak on the radio
Phonetic alphabet
Aid to spell out words and numbers to avoid miscommunications
Call signs
Letters and numbers used when initial contact is being established and again when radio-communication is concluded
Ex. Fleet car or truck number
CORRECTION
Used when an error has been made across the radio
MAYDAY
The spoken word for distress. Used when:
- Threatened by grave or imminent danger that requires immediate assistance
- aware that an aircraft, ship, other station, or person is threatened
PAN PAN
Urgency signal spoken before giving all information for the call
Acknowledge
Let me know you have received and understood this message
Affirmative
Yes, permission granted
Cleared
Authorized to proceed under the conditions specified
Confirm
I have received / did you receive
Go ahead
Proceed with message
How do you read ?
Readability of my transmission
I say again
Repeat
Mayday relay
Spoken word for the distress relay signal
Monitor
Listen on ——— frequency
Out
Conversation ended
Over
Transmission ended and I expect a response
Read back
Repeat all or a specific part of message
Roger
I have received all of your last transmission
Roger number
I have received your message Number
Stand by
Please wait I will call you
Seelonce
Silence has been imposed due to a distress situation
Seelonce feenee
Indicate the distress situation has ended
Seelonce mayday
Advise that a distress situation is in progress (command comes from station in control of distress traffic)
Verify
Check coding, check text with originator and send correct version
Wilco
Your instructions received, understood, and will be complied with
Words twice
As a request: communication is difficult send each word twice
As information : communication is difficult I will send each work twice
Ambulate
Walk/move around
Analgesia
Painkilling drug
Anterior
Front half of the body (belly side)
Superfluous communications
Profane it obscene language or unauthorized communications
Ten codes
Used to reduce plain speak on the radio
Phonetic alphabet
Aid to spell out words and numbers to avoid miscommunications
Call signs
Letters and numbers used when initial contact is being established and again when radio-communication is concluded
Ex. Fleet car or truck number
CORRECTION
Used when an error has been made across the radio
MAYDAY
The spoken word for distress. Used when:
- Threatened by grave or imminent danger that requires immediate assistance
- aware that an aircraft, ship, other station, or person is threatened
PAN PAN
Urgency signal spoken before giving all information for the call
Acknowledge
Let me know you have received and understood this message
Affirmative
Yes, permission granted
Cleared
Authorized to proceed under the conditions specified
Confirm
I have received / did you receive
Go ahead
Proceed with message
How do you read ?
Readability of my transmission
I say again
Repeat
Mayday relay
Spoken word for the distress relay signal
Monitor
Listen on ——— frequency
Out
Conversation ended
Over
Transmission ended and I expect a response
Read back
Repeat all or a specific part of message
Roger
I have received all of your last transmission
Roger number
I have received your message Number
Stand by
Please wait I will call you
Seelonce
Silence has been imposed due to a distress situation
Seelonce feenee
Indicate the distress situation has ended
Seelonce mayday
Advise that a distress situation is in progress (command comes from station in control of distress traffic)
Verify
Check coding, check text with originator and send correct version
Wilco
Your instructions received, understood, and will be complied with
Words twice
As a request: communication is difficult send each word twice
As information : communication is difficult I will send each work twice
Ambulate
Walk/move around
Analgesia
Painkilling drug
Anterior
Front half of the body (belly side)
