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Emt basic Chapter 1 Vocab
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- 1Emergency care and transportation of the sick and injuried Chapter 1Chapter 1
- 2Advanced EMT (AEMT)An individual who has training in specific aspects of advanced life support such as intravenous therapy and the administration of certain emergency medications
- 3Advanced Life support (ALS)Advanced lifesaving procedures, some of which are now being provided by the EMT
- 4Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)Comprehensive legislation that is designed to protect individuals with disabilities against discrimination
- 5Automated external defibrillator (AED)A device that detects treatable life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias (ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia) and delivers the appropriate electrical shock to the patient
- 6CertificationA process in which a person, an institution, or a program is evaluated and recognized as meeting certain predetermined standards to provide safe and ethical care
- 7Continuous quality improvement (CQI)A system of internal and external reviews and audits of all aspects of an EMS system
- 8Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD)A system that assists dispatchers in selecting appropriate units to respond to a particular call for assistance and in providing callers with vital instrucitons until the arrival of EMS crews
- 9Emergency medical responder (EMR)The first trained individual, such as a police officer, firefighter, lifeguard, or other rescuer, to arrive at the scene of an emergency to provide initial medical assistance
- 10Emergency medical services (EMS)A multidisciplinary system that represents the combined efforts of several professionals and agencies to provide prehospital emergency care to the sick and injured
- 11Emergency medical Technician (EMT)An individual who has training in basic life support including automated external defibrillation use of a definitive airway adjunct and assisting patients with certain medications
- 12Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ( HIPPA)Federal legislation passed in 1996 Its main effect in EMS is in limiting availability of patients health care information and penalizing violations of patient privacy
- 13Intravenous (IV) TherapyThe delivery of medication directly into the vein
- 14LicensureThe process whereby a state allows individuals to perform a regulated act
- 15Medical ControlPhysician instructions that are given directly by radio or cell phone (online/indirect) or indirectly by protocol or guidelines (off-line/indirect) as authorized by the medical director of the service program
- 16Medical DirectorThe physician who authorized or delegates to the EMT the authority to proved medical care in the field
- 17National EMS Scope of Practice modelA document created by the national highway traffic safety administration (NHTSA) that outlines the skills performed by various EMS providers
- 18ParamedicAn individual who has extensive training in advanced life support, including endotraceal intubation, emergency pharmacology, cardiac monitoring and other advanced assessment and treatment skills
- 19Primary PreventionEfforts to prevent an injury or from ever occurring
- 20Primary service area (PSA)The designated area in which the EMS service is responsible for the provision of prehospital emergency care and transportation to the hosptial
- 21Public healthFocused on examining the health needs of entire populations with the goal of preventing health problems
- 22Public safety access pointA call center staffed by trained personnel who are responsible for managing request for police fire fighting and ambulance services
- 23Quality Controlthe responsiblility of the medical director to ensure that the appropriate medical care standards are met by EMTs on each call
- 24Secondary preventionEfforts to limit the effects of an injury or illness that you cannot completely prevent
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- chapter one vocab
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- Meagan Jaeger · Aug 2015
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