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9 Cards in this Set
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medical director
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a physician who assumes ultimate responsibility for the patient-care aspects of the EMS system
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medical direction
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Oversight of the patient care aspects of an EMS system by medical director
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Protocols
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List of steps such as assessments and interventions to be taken in different situations protocols are developed by the medical director of an EMS system
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Designated agent
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An EMT or other person authorized by a medical director to give medications and provide emergency care. The transfer as such authorization to a designated agent is an extension of a medical directors license to practice medicine.
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Standing orders
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A policy or protocol issued by a medical director that authorizes EMTs and others to perform particular skills in certain situations.
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Off - line medical direction
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Standing orders issued by the medical director that allow emts to give certain medications or perform certain procedures without speaking to the medical director or another physician
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Online medical direction
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Order is given directly by the on duty physician to an EMT in the field by radio or telephone
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Patient outcomes
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The long-term survival of patients
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Evidence based
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Description of medical techniques or practices that are supported by scientific evidence of their safety and efficiency rather than merely on the supposition and tradition
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