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32 Cards in this Set
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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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Emergency medical services (EMS) system
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Refers to basic life-saving procedures such as artificial ventilation and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
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Basic life support (BLS)
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Refers to advanced life-saving procedures such as intravenous therapy, drug therapy, intubation, and defibrillation
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Advanced life support (ALS)
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A method of sorting patients by the severity of their injuries
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Triage
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A physical injury or wound caused by external force or violence
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Trauma
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1973 EMSS Act: 15 Components of EMS Systems
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- Manpower
- Training - Communications - Transportation - Emergency facilities - Critical care units - Public safety agencies - Consumer participation - Access to care - Patient transfer - Standardized record keeping - Public information and education - System review and evaluation - Disaster management plans - Mutual aid |
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Medical policies, procedures, and practices that are available to providers either on-line or off-line
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Medical direction
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1988 NHTSA: "10 System Elements"
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- Regulation and policy
- Resources management - Human resources and training - Transportation - Facilities - Communications - Trauma systems - Public information and education - Medical direction - Evaluation |
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Medical facility that has the capability of caring for the acutely injured patient. Must meet strict criteria to use this designation
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Trauma center
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An evaluation program that emphasizes service and uses customer satisfaction as the ultimate indicator of system performance
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Quality improvement (QI)
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A physician who is legally responsible for all of the clinical and patient-care aspects of an EMS system. Also referred to as medical direction
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Medical director
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Occurs when a qualified physician gives direct orders to a prehospital care provider by either radio or telephone
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On-line medical direction
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A licensed physician, professionally unrelated to patients on scene, who attempts to assist EMS providers with patient care
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Intervener physician
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Refers to medical policies, procedures, and practices that medical direction has set up in advance of a call
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Off-line medical direction
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The policies and procedures for all components of an EMS system
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Protocols
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Four "Ts" of Emergency Care
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- Triage
- Treatment - Transport - Transfer |
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Preauthorized treatment procedures; a type of treatment protocol
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Standing orders
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EMS person responsible for assignment of emergency medical resources to a medical emergency
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Emergency medical dispatcher (EMD)
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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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Certification
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The process by which a governmental agency grants permission to engage in an given occupation to an applicant who has attained the degree of competency required to ensure the public's protection
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Licensure
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Refers to the existence of a specialized body of knowledge or skills
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Profession
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The process of entering your name and essential information within a particular record. In EMS this is done in order for the state to verify the provider's initial certification and to monitor recertification
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Registration
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The process by which an agency grants automatic certification or licensure to an individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Reciprocity
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EMS Certification Levels
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- First Responder
- EMT-Basic - EMT-Intermediate - EMT-Paramedic |
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Properly trained and licensed or certified providers of health care
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Health care professionals
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Guidelines for Quality Improvement
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- Leadership
- Information and analysis - Strategic quality planning - Human resources development and management - EMS process management - EMS system results - Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders |
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A program designed to maintain continuous monitoring and measurement of the quality of clinical care delivered to patients
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Quality assurance (QA)
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A program designed to refine and improve an EMS system, emphasizing customer satisfaction
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Continuous quality improvement (CQI)
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Refers to the conduct or qualities that characterize a practitioner in a particular field or occupation
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Professionalism
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Guidelines for permitting a new medication, process, or procedure to be used in EMS
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Rules of evidence
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An evaluation of the quality of emergency care administered by an individual, which is conducted by that individual's peers (others of equal rank). Also, an evaluation of articles submitted for publication.
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Peer review
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The rules or standards that govern the conduct of members of a particular group or profession
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Ethics
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