EMS Systems
History of EMS
Training
EMS systems (Components)
MISC
100
Authorizes EMTs to
provide medical care in
the field.
What is the role of the
Medical Director in EMS?
What is the role of the
Medical Director in EMS?
100
What is Freedom House Ambulance?
Pioneering project that established first paramedic program in US in 1967
100
Minimum expected entry-level practice expectations for each of EMS clinician level
What is the National EMS Scope of Practice Model?
100
Enter patient care information into electronic patient care records (ePCRs)
What are Information Systems?
100
Incorporates evidence-based medicine
What is EMS Research?
200
Ensuring appropriate
medical care standards
are met by EMTs
What is quality control in
EMS?
200
Medical Director that developed first paramedic curriculum
Dr. Nancy Caroline
200
Provides immediate stabilizing measures and assumes responsibility for assessment, care, packaging, and transport.
What is EMT-B?
200
Trained call takers and dispatchers obtain information and dispatch ambulance, equipment, and responders
What is Public Access?
200
Striving to become safer and more effective while delivering high-quality, evidence-based care
What is Quality Management?
Component of EMS system
300
Medical direction provided
over the phone or radio by
a physician
What is online medical
direction?
300
1970
National Registry of EMTs was established
300
Complete certification, licensure, and credentialing processes
Successfully complete to work as an EMT?
300
Authorizes EMTs to provide care in the field
What is Medical Oversight?
300
Strategies that prevent event from happening
What is Prevention and Education?
400
An alarmingly high number of preventable deaths, particularly on US roadways
Serious inadequacy of prehospital emergency care and transport
What is the report "Accidental Death and Disability"
400
1966
What is the Origination of EMS with the publication of Accidental Death and Disability
400
Training provides skills to initiate immediate Life saving care, call for additional resources and typically arrive on scene before EMTs and ambulance
What is EMR (Emergency Medical Responder)?
400
Agencies and personnel who respond to emergencies are key components of EMS system
What Responding Agencies and Workforce?
400
Endotracheal intubation, EKG monitoring, IV access
What is a Paramedic?
500
Pre-written protocols or
standing orders
What is offline medical
direction?
500
1971
What is DOT published first National Standard Curriculum (NSC)
&
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons published first EMT textbook
500
Be an on-scene leader, Gain patient access, Perform a patient assessment, Provide emergency medical care to the patient
What are some of the Roles and Responsibilities of the EMT?
500
Responsible for authorizing, auditing, and regulating all EMS training institutions, courses, instructors, and clinicians within state
What is the State EMS office?
(Legislation and Regulation)
500
It allows states to manage who can function as a health care professional
What is Licensure?