Section 1, Chapter 1 Flashcards
Define emergency medical systems.
A team of Healthcare professionals who are responsible for and provide emergency care and transportation to the sick and injured
Name four levels of EMT training licensure.
Emergency medical responder (EMR); Emergency medical technician (EMT); advanced EMT (AEMT); paramedic
Advanced EMT (AEMT)
An individual who has training in specific aspects of advanced life support such as intravenous therapy and the administration of certain emergency medications
Advanced life support (ALS)
Advanced lifesaving procedures, some of which are now being provided by the EMT
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Comprehensive legislation that is designed to protect people with disabilities against discrimination
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
A device that detects treatable life threatening cardiac disrhythmias ( Ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia) And delivers the appropriate electrical shock to the patient
Certification
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 care
Community paramedicine
A healthcare model in which experienced paramedics receive advanced training equip them to provide additional services in the pre hospital environment, such as health evaluations, monitoring of chronic illnesses or conditions, and patient advocacy
Continuous quality improvement (CQI)
A system of internal and external reviews and audits of all aspects of an EMS system aiming at improving outcomes
Credentialing
An established process to determine the qualifications necessary to be allowed to practice a particular profession, or to function as an organization
Emergency medical dispatch (EMD)
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
Emergency medical services (EMS)
A multi disciplinary system that represents the combined efforts of several professionals and agencies to provide pre hospital emergency care to the sick injured
Emergency medical technician (EMT)
An individual who has training in basic life support, including automated external defibrillation, use of a definitive airway adjunct, in assisting patients with certain medications
Evidence based medicine (EBM)
An approach to medicine where decisions are based on well conducted research, classifying recommendations based on the strength of the scientific evidence
Health insurance portability and accountability act (HIPPA)
Federal legislation passed in 1996. It’s main effect in EMS is in limiting availability of patient’s healthcare information and penalizing violations of patient privacy.
Intravenous therapy (IV)
The delivery of medication directly into a vein
Licensure
The process whereby a competent authority, usually the state, allows people to perform a regulated act
Medical control
Physician instructions given directly by radio or cell phone or indirectly by protocol or guidelines as authorized by the medical director of the service program
Medical director
The physician who authorizes or delegates to the EMT the authority to provide medical care in the field
Mobile integrated healthcare (MIH)
A method of delivering healthcare that involves providing healthcare within the community rather than at a physician’s office or hospital
National EMS scope of practice model
A document created by the national highway traffic safety administration that outlines the skills performed by various EMS providers
Paramedic
An individual who has extensive training and advanced life support, including endotracheal intubation, emergency pharmacology, cardiac monitoring, and other advanced assessment and treatment skills
Primary prevention
Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring
Primary service area
The designate area in which the EMS agency is responsible for the provision of prehospital emergency care and transportation to the hospital
