Chapter 1 Of Essentials Of Paramedic Care

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How paramedics function (independently)?

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You must be able to function independently at an optimum level in a non structured, constantly changing evnironment.

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Emergency Medical Services System

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a comprehensive network of personnel, equipment, and resources established for the purpose of delivering aid and emergency medical care to the community

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Medical Director

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a physician who is legally responsible for all of the clinical and patient care aspects of an EMS system

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Intervener Physician

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a licesnsed physician, professionally unrelated to patients on scene, who attempts to assist EMS providers with patient care

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Protocols

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the policies and procedures for all componets of an EMS systm

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Four Ts of emergency care

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Triage
Treatment
Transport
Transfer

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Standing Orders

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prequthorized treatment procedures; a type of treatmnet protocol

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DOT's three learning domains

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Cognitive - facts and info

Affective - assign emotions,values, and attitudes

Psychomotor - hands on skills

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Certification

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the process by which an agency or association grants recognition to an individual who has met its qualifications

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Licensure

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the process by which a governmental agency grants permission to engage in a given occupation to an applicant who has attained the degree of competency required to ensure the publics protection

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Profession

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refers to the existence of a specialized body of knowledge or skills

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Registration

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the process of entering your name and essential information within a particular record, done in order for the state to verify the provider's initial certification and to monitor recertification

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Reciprocity

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the process by which an agency grants automatic certification or licensure to an individual who ahs comparable certification or licensure from another agency

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First Responder

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role is to stablilize the patient until more advanced EMS personnel arrive, perform a general patient assessment and to provide emergency care such as bleeding conrol, spinal stabilization, and CPR

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EMT B

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perform complex immobilization procedures, restrain patients, and drive and staff ambulances, assist in the administration of certain medications

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EMT I

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advancer airway management, IV fluid therapy, certain other advanced skill

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EMT P

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plaus advanced patient assessment, trauma management, pharmacology, cardiology, and other medical skills, ACLS, PALS, BTLS, PHTLS

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Professionalism

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refers to the conduct or qualities that characterize a proctitioner in a particular field or occupation

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Rules of evidence

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guidelines for permitting a new medication, process, or procedure to be used in EMS

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Peer Review

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an evaluation of the quality of emergency care administered by an individual, which is conducted by that indevidual's peers, an evaluation of articles submitted for publication

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Ethics

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the rules or standards that govern the conduct of members of a particular group or profession

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What role do paramedics play in research?

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data collection, evaluation, and interpretation of research

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Primary Care

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basic health care provided at the patient's first contact with the health care system

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What are the benefits of physical fitness?

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decreased resting heart rate and BP, increased O2 carrying capacity, increased muscle mass and metabolism, and increased reistance to illness and injury