EMT-Basic Chapter 1 (EMS Systems) Flashcards
An individual who has training in specific aspects of
advanced life support, such as intravenous therapy, and
the administration of certain emergency medications.
Advanced EMT
(AEMT)
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.
Advanced Life Support
(ALS)
Comprehensive legislation that is designed to protect
people with disabilities against discrimination.
Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA)
A device that detects treatable life-threatening cardiac
arrhythmias (ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia)
and delivers the appropriate electrical shock to the patient.
A***_utomated _***E***_xternal _***Defibrillation
(AED)
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.
Certification
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.
Community Paramedicine
A system of internal and external reviews and audits of
all aspects of an EMS system.
C***_ontinuous _***Q***_uality _***Improvement
(CQI)
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.
E***_mergency _***M***_edical _***Dispatch
(EMD)
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.
E***_mergency _***M***_edical _***Responder
(EMR)
A multidisciplinary system that represents the combined
efforts of several professionals and agencies to provide
prehospital emergency care to the sick and injured.
E***_mergency _***M***_edical _***Services
(EMS)
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.
E***_mergency _***M***_edical _***Technician
(EMT)
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.
H***_ealth _***I***_nsurance _***P***_ortability and _***A***_ccountability _***Act
(HIPAA)
The delivery of medication directly into a vain.
Intravenous therapy
(IV)
The process whereby a competent authority, usually the
state, allows people to perform a regulated act.
Licensure
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.
Medical Control
The physician who authorizes or delegates to the EMT the
authority to provide medical care in the field.
Medical Director
A method of delivering health care which involves providing
health care within the community rather than at a physician’s
office or hospital.
M***_obile _***I***_ntegrated _***Healthcare
(MIH)
A document created by the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA) that outlines the skills
performed by various EMS providers.
National EMS
Scope of Practice
model
An individual who has extensive training in advanced life
support, including endotracheal intubation, emergency
pharmacology, cardiac monitoring, and other advanced
assessment and treatment skills.
Paramedic
Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring.
Primary Prevention
The designated area in which the EMS agency is responsible
for the provision of prehospital emergency care and
transportation to the hospital.
P***_rimary _***S***_ervice _***Area
(PSA)
Focused on examining the health needs of entire populations
with the goal of preventing health problems.
Public Health
A call center, staffed by trained personnel who are
responsible for managing requests for police, fire, and
ambulance services.
Public Safety Access Point
The responsibility of the medical director to ensure the
appropriate medical care standards are met by EMTs
on each call.
Quality Control
Efforts to limit the effects of an injury or illness that you cannot completely prevent.
Secondary Prevention
