Emergency Care And Transportation

Question 1

Advanced EMT (AEMT)

Answer 1

An individual who has training in specific aspects of advanced life support, such as intravenous therapy, and the administration of certain emergency medications.

Question 2

Advanced Life Support (ALS)

Answer 2

Advanced life saving procedures, some of which are now being provide by EMT

Question 3

Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)

Answer 3

Comprehensive legislation that is designed to protect people with disabilities against discrimination.

Question 4

Automated External Defibrillator (AED)

Answer 4

A device that detects treatable life threatening cardiac dysrhythmias (ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia) and delivers the appropriate electrical shock to the patient.

Question 5

Certification

Answer 5

A process in which a person, an institution, or a program is evaluated and recognized as meeting certain predetermined standards to provide safe and ethical care.

Question 6

Community paramedicine

Answer 6

A health care model in which experienced paramedics receive advanced training to equip them to provide additional services in the prehospital environments, such as health evaluations, monitoring of chronic illnesses or conditions, and patient advocacy.

Question 7

Continuous quality improvement

Answer 7

A system of internal and external reviews and audits of all aspects of an EMS system.