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23 Cards in this Set
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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 medication |
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Advanced life support (ALS) |
Advanced life saving procedure, some of which is now being provided by EMTs |
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Americans with Disability Act (ADA) |
Comprehensive legislation that is designed to protect individuals with disabilities against discrimination |
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Automatic external defibrillator (AED) |
A device that detect treatable lifethreatening cardiac arrhythmias ( ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia) and the liver is the appropriate electric shock to the patient |
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Certification |
A process in which a person and instructor or a program is evaluated and recognized as meeting certain predetermined standards to provide safe and ethical care. |
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Continuous quality improvement (CQI) |
A system of internal and external reviews and audits for all aspects of an EMT system |
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Emergency medical dispatch (EMD) |
A system that assist dispatchers in selecting appropriate unit to respond to a peculiar call of assistance in in providing callers with follow instructions until the arrival of EMS crews |
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Emergency medical responder (EMR) |
The first trained individuals such as a police officer firefighter lifeguard or other rescuer to arrive at a scene of an emergency to provide internal medical assistance |
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Emergency medical service (EMS) |
A multidisciplinary system that represents the combined efforts of several professionals and agencies to provide prehospital emergency care to the sick and injured |
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Emergency medical technician (EMT) |
An individual who has training in basic life support including automatic external defibrillation, use of definitive airway adjunct, and assisting patients with certain medications |
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Health insurance probability and Accountability Act (HIPPAA) |
Federal legislation passed in 1996. Its main effect in EMS is limited availability of patients healthcare information and penalizing violations of patient privacy. |
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Intravenous therpy (IV) |
The delivery of medication directly into a vein |
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Licensure |
The process whereby a state allows you to perform a regular act |
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Medical control |
Physician instructions that are 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 |
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National EMS scope of practice model |
A document created by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ( NHTSA ) that outlines the skills performed by various EMS arrives |
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Paramedic |
An individual who has extensive training in advanced life support, including endotracheal incubation, emergency pharmacology, cardiac monitoring, and other advanced assessment and treatment skills. |
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Primary prevention |
Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from |
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Primary service area (PSA) |
The designated area in which the EMS service is responsible for the provision of prehospital emergency care and transportation to the hospital |
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Public health |
Focused on examining the health needs of tire populations with the goal of preventing health problems |
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Public Safety access point |
Hey call center, staffed by trained professional who are responsible for managing requests for police, fire fighting, and ambulance services |
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Quality control |
The responsibility of the medical directors to ensure that the appropriate medical care standards are met by EMTs on each call |
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Secondary prevention |
Efforts to limit the Effect of an injury or illness that you cannot completely prevent |
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Medical Director |
The physician who authorizes or delegates you the EMT. Authority to provide medical care in a field |
