EMT 230 Flashcards
BLS
Basic life support
AEMT
Advanced emergency medical technician
ALS
Advance life support
Defibrillator
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
EMR
Emergency medical responder
EMT
Emergency Medical Technician
Emergency response communications center or PSAP
A fire, police , or EMS agency
Paramedics
Persons trained and certified to provide advanced life support
PSAP
Public safety answering point
A person who is able to prefrontal basic life support skills and limited advanced life support skills
AEMT
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 ?
ALS
Appropriate medical facility
A hospital with adequate medical resources to proved continuing care to some it injures patient who are transported after field treatment by EMRs