EMD Manual Training Chp.1 Flashcards
What is the AHA?
American Heart Association.
The chain of survival is?
A concept developed by the AHA that describes the links of care necessary to best treat cardiac arrest victims.
What does CPR stand for?
Cardiopulmonary Resusitation
What does DLS stand for?
Dispatch Life Support
What is MPDS stand for?
Medical Priority Dispatch System
What are the links in the chain of survival and explain each step?
Early Access, Early CPR, Early Defibrillation, Early ACLS, Post-Cardiac Arrest Care
What does “Cardiac Arrest” mean?
The heart has stopped beating effectively.
A defibrillator is designed to do what?
Enable the hearts normal conduction to restart.
The year 1989 was important to EMD because…?
The first recorded Pre-Arrival instructions were given.
In the past EMD was looked at as the “weak” link in the chain of survival, why?
There was a gap in patient care between the call for help and the arrival of responders.
Triage means?
“To sort out” in French. To sort out information derived from the caller and make important decisions regarding patient care instructions.
EMDs are life impactors because…?
They provide stability in a time of crisis.
A caller who is not with a patient?
May have information valuable to the EMD.
Paramedics need no further training to be an EMD?
False.
The use of lights-and-sirens by responders necessary or not?
Should be carefully thought out, pre planned, and allocated with medically approved protocol.
