EMS systems

Question 1

AEMT

Answer 1

Advanced EMT: individual trained in advanced life support, IVs and certain meds

Question 2

ALS

Answer 2

Advanced life support: advanced lifesaving procedures

Question 3

ADA

Answer 3

Americans with Disabilities Act; comprehensive legislation that is designed to protect people with disabilities from discrimination

Question 4

AED

Answer 4

Automated external defibrillator; a device that detects treatable life-threatening cardiac dysrhythmias (ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia) and delivers the appropriate electrical shock

Question 5

Certification

Answer 5

Process where individual is evaluated and recognized as meeting standards to provide safe and ethical care

Question 6

Community Paramedicine

Answer 6

Health care model in which experienced paramedics receive advanced training to equip them to provide additional services in the prehospital environment

Question 7

CQI

Answer 7

Continuos quality improvement; a system of internal and external reviews and audits of all aspects of the EMS system

Question 8

EMD

Answer 8

Emergency medical dispatch; a system that assists dispatchers in selecting appropriate units to respond to a call for assistance and provides callers with vital instructions until the arrival of EMS crews

Question 9

EMR

Answer 9

Emergency medical responder; the first trained professional to arrive at the scene of an emergency to provide initial medical care (police officer, firefighter, lifeguard)

Question 10

EMS

Answer 10

Emergency medical service; a multidisciplinary system that represents the combined efforts of several professionals and agencies to provide prehospital emergency care to the sick and injured

Question 11

EMT

Answer 11

Emergency medical technician; individual who has training in basic life support, including AED, use of did inutile airway adjunct, and assisting patients with certain medications

Question 12

HIPPAA

Answer 12

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; federal legislation passed in 1996. It’s main effect limiting availability of patients health care information and penalizing violations of patient privacy

Question 13

IV therapy

Answer 13

Intravenous therapy; delivery of medication directly into a vein

Question 14

Licensure

Answer 14

The process whereby a competent authority, usually the state, allows people to performs a regulated act

Question 15

Medical Control

Answer 15

Physician instructions given directly by radio or cell phone (online/direct) or indirectly by protocol/guidelines (off-line/indirect), as authorized by the medical director of the service program

Question 16

Medical Director

Answer 16

The physician who authorizes or delegates to the EMT the authority to provide medical care in the field

Question 17

MIH

Answer 17

Mobile integrated healthcare; a method of delivering health care which involves providing health care within the community rather than at a physicians office or hospital

Question 18

National EMS Scope of Practice Model

Answer 18

A document created by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that outlines the skills performed by various EMS providers

Question 19

Paramedic

Answer 19

An individual who has extensive training in advanced life support, including endotracheal intubation, emergency pharmacology, cardiac monitoring, and other advanced assessment and treatment skills

Question 20

Primary prevention

Answer 20

Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring

Question 21

PSA

Answer 21

Primary service area; the designated area in which the EMS agency is responsible for the provision of prehospital emergency care and transport to the hospital

Question 22

Public health

Answer 22

Focused on examining the health needs of entire populations with the goal of preventing health problems

Question 23

Public safety access point

Answer 23

A call center, staffed by trained personnel who are responsible for managing requests for police, fire, and ambulance services

Question 24

Quality control

Answer 24

The responsibility of the medical director to ensure the appropriate medical care standards are being met by EMTs on each call

Question 25

Secondary prevention

Answer 25

Efforts to limit the effects of an injury or illness that you cannot completely prevent