Introduction To Emergency Medical Care

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NHTSA

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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Each sate has a control of it's own EMS system, independent of the federal government. However, NHTSA provides a set of recommended standards called "Technical assistance program assessment standards."

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NHTSA Recommended Standards

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Regulation and Policy, Resource Management, Human Resources and Trainning, Transportation, Facilities, Communications, Public Information and education, medical direction, trauma systems, evaluation.

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Enhanced 911

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E911 Provides automatic number identification ANI and automatic location identification ALI which indicate the exact adress and phone from which the call is being made.

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P.A.S.P.

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Public Service Answering Point. A caller takes and collects, verifies and records the information about the meergency, decides which service must respond and facilitates alerting the necesary service.

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E.M.R.

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Emergency Medical Responder.
Provides immediat lifesaving care, uses basic airway, ventilation, and oxigen therapy devices, takes patient vital signs, provides stabilization of the spine and supected extremity injuries, eye irrigation, bleeding control, emergency moves, CPR, automated External Defibrilator, and emergency child birth care.

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bottom of the food chain

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E.M.T.

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Emergency Medical Tech.
Provides emergency medical care and transportation. Interventions include those performed by the EMR but with basic equipment found on the ambulance, advanced oxygen therapy and ventilation equip, pulse oximetry, use of automatic blood pressure monitoring equip, and limited medication administration.

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what we are studying for right now!

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A.E.M.T.

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Advanced Emergency Medical Technician. Provieds both Basic and limited advanced emergency medical care and transport, provide all of the skills of the EMT with the addition of the use of advanced airway devices, monitoring of blood glucose levels, initiation of intravenous and intraosseous (in-the-bone) infusions, and admin. of a select number of meds..

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Paramedic

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Scope of practice, includes EMT and AEMT, perform advanced assessments, from a field impression, and provide invasive and drug intervention as well as transport. designed to reduce dissability and death of patients.

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Pre-Hospital Care

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Emergency medical treatment given to patients before they are transported to a hospital or other facility.

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Roles & Responsibilities of EMT

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Personal safety, safety of EMs crew, patien and bystander safety,patient assessment, emergency care, safe lifting and moving, proving oral and written reports, safe transport of the patient, transfer of patien care, record keeping and data collection, patient advocacy.

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Your pesonal safety should always be your number one priority

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Patient Advocacy

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You are responsible for protecting the patient's rights, protect the patient's privacy, collect and safeguard valuables. Notify family and honor reasonable requests from patient.

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Medical Director

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Physician who is legally responsible for the clinical and patient care aspects of the EMS system, He is involved in Education programs, refresher courses, overseeing and providing continuing education, and facilitating the quality imporvement system. Responsible for providing Medical Direction which are referred to as Protocols.

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Protocols

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Full set of guidelines that define the entire scope of medical care. Oftend referred to as orders, protocols may consist of both off-line and on-line medical direction

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Off-line medical directions

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Predetermined, written guidelines that allow the EMT to use his or her judgment to administer EM care without contacting a Physician

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no direct communication needed.

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On-line Medical Direction

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Requires permission froma physician prior ro administering specific emergency care

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direct communication.

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Standing Orders

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Do not require Physician input, synonymous with off-line medical direction. Treatments that can be performed if communication cannnot be established or is lost with medical direction.

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Quality Improvement

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Identiy aspects of the system that can be improved, not to evaluate individual performance, not to be used as a penalty tool but as evaluation system geared toward overall system improvement. EMT roles include, Documentation, Perform reviews and audits, Feedback, maintain equip, continuin education, maintain skills.