EMT 230 Flashcards

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BLS

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Basic life support

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AEMT

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Advanced emergency medical technician

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ALS

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Advance life support

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Defibrillator

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Delivery of an electric current through a person’s chest wall and heart for the propose of ending lethal heart rhythms such as ventricular fibrillation

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EMR

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Emergency medical responder

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EMT

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Emergency Medical Technician

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Emergency response communications center or PSAP

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A fire, police , or EMS agency

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Paramedics

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Persons trained and certified to provide advanced life support

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PSAP

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Public safety answering point

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A person who is able to prefrontal basic life support skills and limited advanced life support skills

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AEMT

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The use of specialized equipment such as cardiac monitors , defibrillators, intravenous fluids, drugs infusion, and endotracheal intubation to stabilized a patio ten conditions is called ?

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ALS

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Appropriate medical facility

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A hospital with adequate medical resources to proved continuing care to some it injures patient who are transported after field treatment by EMRs

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