EMS History & Timeline
This war marked the beginning of formal emergency medical training with corpsmen providing care for bleeding.
What is the American Civil War?
The entry-level EMS provider trained in first-aid care who assists higher-level providers.
What is an Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)?
An EMS model operated by a local fire department or group of fire departments.
What is fire-based?
The three-digit number most commonly used to activate the EMS system.
What is 911?
The EMS medical professional who assumes responsibility for direction and oversight of all patient care.
What is the EMS Medical Director?
This type of vehicle was first used to transport injured patients in the early ambulance system.
What is a horse-drawn carriage?
The total number of nationally recognized EMS provider levels.
What is four?
An EMS model operated by a privately owned company.
What is private?
This acronym stands for the location where 911 calls are automatically directed.
What is PSAP (Public Safety Answering Point)?
Medical direction that involves standing orders or protocols without direct contact.
What is off-line medical direction?
This organization developed the National EMS Education Standards for training.
What is NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)?
This document defines the duties and skills an EMS provider is legally allowed to perform.
What is Scope of Practice?
An EMS model operated by non-fire-based government entities.
What is third-service or public utility?
These specially trained dispatchers receive calls and provide pre-arrival instructions.
What are Emergency Medical Dispatchers (EMDs)?
Medical direction involving direct contact through phone or radio.
What is on-line medical direction?
The number of attributes that make up an integrated EMS system according to NHTSA.
What is fourteen?
The four levels of EMS education and training in order from basic to advanced.
What are Emergency Medical Responder, Emergency Medical Technician, Advanced Emergency Medical Technician, and Paramedic?
An EMS model operated by a large hospital or group of hospitals.
What is hospital-based?
This enhanced 911 phase delivers the wireless number and location to the appropriate PSAP.
What is Phase 1?
This technology allows easy navigation to emergency locations and reduces response time.
What is GPS (Global Positioning System)?
This system represents a chain of human resources and services linked together to provide continuous emergency care.
What is the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system?
This model defines the scope of care for all four nationally recognized EMS provider levels.
What is the Scope of Practice Model?
his delivery model typically involves a partnership between fire service and private ambulance service.
What is alliance?
This enhanced 911 phase requires providers to deliver latitude and longitude of the caller.
What is Phase 2?
These specialized teams provide medical care following disasters and can be deployed on moment's notice.
What are Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMATs)?