EMT chapter 1 vital vocab 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)
Comprehensive legislation that is designed to protect people with disabilities against discrimination.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Can give injections, administer medication, give basic treatment in cuts/injuries.
Advanced Life Support (ALS)
A device that detects treatable life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias (ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia) and delivers the appropriate electrical shock to the patient.
automated external defibrillator (AED)
A process in which a person, and institution, or a program is evaluated and recognized as meeting certain predetermined standards to provide safe and ethical care.
certification
A healthcare model in which experienced paramedics receive Advanced Training to equip them to provide additional services in the pre-hospital environment
Community paramedicine
A system of internal and external reviews and audits of all aspects of an EMS system.
continuous quality improvement (CQI)
A system that assists dispatchers in selecting appropriate units to respond to a particular call for assistance and in providing callers with vital instructions until the arrival of EMS crews.
emergency medical dispatch (EMD)
The first trained individual, such as a police officer, firefighter, lifeguard, or other rescuer, to arrive at the scene of an emergency to provide initial medical assistance.
emergency medical responder (EMR)
emergency medical responder (EMR) is responsible for:
basic assessment and stabilization of a patient while waiting higher level of trained professionals to arrive.
A multidisciplinary system that represents the combined efforts of several professionals and agencies to provide pre-hospital emergency care to the sick and injured.
emergency medical 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.
emergency medical technician (EMT)
Protects the privacy of patients and the access to their health care information.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)(1966)
The delivery of medication directly into a vein.
Intravenous (IV) therapy
The process whereby a state allows individuals to perform a regulated act.
licensure
Physician instructions that are given directly online/direct or indirectly off-line/indirect, as authorized by the medical director of the service program.
medical control
The Physician who determines the appropriate care for each injury, condition, or illness that you will encounter 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.
mobile integrated 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 service is responsible for the provision of pre-hospital emergency care and transportation to the hospital.
primary service area (PSA)
Focused on examining the health needs of entire populations with the goal of preventing health problems.
Public health
The medical director is responsible for maintaining____.
quality control
Efforts to limit the effects of an injury or illness that you cannot completely prevent.
secondary prevention
irregular heartbeat
arrhythmia
rapid, unsynchronized heart rhythm that originates in the hearts lower chambers (ventricles)
ventricular fibrillation
Another name for the accidental death and disability: the neglected disease of modern society act is____
The White Paper
What does DOT stand for?
Department of Transportation (1970’s)
What two similarly trained individuals would do in similar circumstances for a given patient.
standard of care
In addition to the patient care services paramedics usually provide, services by community paramedics may include:
performing health evaluations, monitoring chronic illnesses or conditions, and serving as a patient advocate
what can EMR’s do?
deliver oxygen, take blood pressure, perform cpr, utilize automated external defibrillator, assist with patient moves/ control bleeding
Patient identification info that HIPPA protects:
name, date of birth, address, social security #, and email address
example of offline medical control
standing orders and protocols
example of online medical control
telephone or radio
example of primary prevention
vaccinations
The responsibility of the medical director to ensure that the appropriate medical care standards are met by EMTs on each call.
quality control
example of secondary prevention
seat belts
DOT developed and published:
the first curriculum to serve as a guide line for emt training
BLS vs ALS
BLS provider can’t use needles or other devices that makes cuts in the skin, can’t administer medicine. ALS provider can
