EMT-Basic Chapter 1 (EMS Systems)

Question 1

An individual who has training in specific aspects of

advanced life support, such as intravenous therapy, and

the administration of certain emergency medications.

Answer 1

Advanced EMT

(AEMT)

Question 2

Advanced lifesaving procedures, including cardiac

monitoring, administration of intravenous fluids and

medications, and the use of advanced airway adjuncts.

EMTs may be trained in some of these areas.

Answer 2

Advanced Life Support

(ALS)

Question 3

Comprehensive legislation that is designed to protect

people with disabilities against discrimination.

Answer 3

Americans with Disabilities Act

(ADA)

Question 4

A device that detects treatable life-threatening cardiac

arrhythmias (ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia)

and delivers the appropriate electrical shock to the patient.

Answer 4

A***_utomated _***E***_xternal _***Defibrillation

(AED)

Question 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

patient care.

Answer 5

Certification

Question 6

A health care model in which experienced paramedics

receive advanced training to equip them to provide

additional services in the prehospital environment, such as

health evaluations, monitoring of chronic illnesses or

conditions, and patient advocacy.

Answer 6

Community Paramedicine

Question 7

A system of internal and external reviews and audits of

all aspects of an EMS system.

Answer 7

C***_ontinuous _***Q***_uality _***Improvement

(CQI)

Question 8

A system that assists dispatchers in selecting appropriate

units to respond to a particular call for assistance and

provides callers with vital instructions until the arrival

of EMS crews.

Answer 8

E***_mergency _***M***_edical _***Dispatch

(EMD)

Question 9

The first trained professional, such as a police officer,

firefighter, lifeguard, or other rescuer, to arrive at the scene

of an emergency to provide initial medical assistance.

Answer 9

E***_mergency _***M***_edical _***Responder

(EMR)

Question 10

A multidisciplinary system that represents the combined

efforts of several professionals and agencies to provide

prehospital emergency care to the sick and injured.

Answer 10

E***_mergency _***M***_edical _***Services

(EMS)

Question 11

An individual who has training in basic life support, including

automated external defibrillation, use of a definitive airway

adjunct, and assisting patients with certain medications.

Answer 11

E***_mergency _***M***_edical _***Technician

(EMT)

Question 12

Federal legislation passed in 1996. Its main effect in EMS is

in limiting availability of patients health care information and

penalizing violations of patient privacy.

Answer 12

H***_ealth _***I***_nsurance _***P***_ortability and _***A***_ccountability _***Act

(HIPAA)

Question 13

The delivery of medication directly into a vain.

Answer 13

Intravenous therapy

(IV)

Question 14

The process whereby a competent authority, usually the

state, allows people to perform a regulated act.

Answer 14

Licensure

Question 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.

Answer 15

Medical Control

Question 16

The physician who authorizes or delegates to the EMT the

authority to provide medical care in the field.

Answer 16

Medical Director

Question 17

A method of delivering health care which involves providing

health care within the community rather than at a physician’s

office or hospital.

Answer 17

M***_obile _***I***_ntegrated _***Healthcare

(MIH)

Question 18

A document created by the National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA) that outlines the skills

performed by various EMS providers.

Answer 18

National EMS

Scope of Practice

model

Question 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.

Answer 19

Paramedic

Question 20

Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring.

Answer 20

Primary Prevention

Question 21

The designated area in which the EMS agency is responsible

for the provision of prehospital emergency care and

transportation to the hospital.

Answer 21

P***_rimary _***S***_ervice _***Area

(PSA)

Question 22

Focused on examining the health needs of entire populations

with the goal of preventing health problems.

Answer 22

Public Health

Question 23

A call center, staffed by trained personnel who are

responsible for managing requests for police, fire, and

ambulance services.

Answer 23

Public Safety Access Point

Question 24

The responsibility of the medical director to ensure the

appropriate medical care standards are met by EMTs

on each call.

Answer 24

Quality Control

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Secondary Prevention