Paramedic Class ch 1

Question 1

Emergency Medical Responder

Answer 1

to initiate immediate lifesaving care to critical patients who access the EMS Basic knowledge and skills to provide lifesaving interventions while awaiting the response from additional emergency medical services.

Question 2

Emergency medical Technician

Answer 2

Provide basic emergency medical care and transportation for critical and emergent patients who access the EMS. Basic knowledge and skills to provide patient care and transportation. EMTs provide interventions with basic equipment and are an essential link in the prehospital emergency care.

Question 3

Advanced Emergency Medical Technician

Answer 3

Provide basic and limited advanced emergency medical care and transportation for critical patients who access the EMS system. AEMTs perform interventions with both basic and advanced equipment.

Question 4

Paramedic

Answer 4

is an allied health professional whose primary focus is to provide advanced emergency medical care for critical and emergent patients who access the EMS system. Possesses the complex knowledge and skills necessary to provide patient care and transportation.

Question 5

Advanced prehospital emergency medicine

Answer 5

roles and responsibilities of and EMS practitioner that encompass health care, public health, public safety, and illness-and-injury prevention as well as acute emergency health care.