Key Terms - Part 1
Key Terms - Part 2
Review Questions - Part 1
Review Questions - Part 2
Levels of
EMS Training
100
A person certified by a state EMS board and authorized by a Medical Director to provide emergency care.
What is an EMT
100
a system for telephone access to report emergencies. A dispatcher takes the information and alerts EMS or the fire or police departments as needed.
What is an: 911 system
100
911 and emergency medical dispatchers, First Responders, EMTs (all levels) and ambulances, emergency department, and other hospital units.
What are: components of the EMS system
100
A process of continuous self-review with the purpose of identifying and correcting aspects of the system that require improvement
What is: Quality improvement (QA/QI)
100
This level of training is designed for the person who is often first at the scene.
What is an: Certified First Responder (CFR)
200
Person who provides medial oversight for an ems agency.
What is the medical director
200
has the additional capability of automatically identifying the caller's phone number and location
What is an: Enhanced 911 system
200
What are some of the special designations that hospitals may have?
What are: Trauma centers, burn centers, pediatric care centers, poison control centers, cardiac centers, and stroke centers
200
What is the difference between on-line and off-line medical direction?
In on-line medical direction, the on-duty physician gives orders directly to the EMT by telephone or radio. In off-line medical direction, the EMT carries out written standing orders from the Medical Director.
200
Considered the minimum level of certification for ambulance personnel. This certification requires successful completion of an course and passing grade of practical and written exam. This textbook and the course you are now taking are intended to help you prepare for this certification.
What is an: EMT-Basic (EMT-B)
300
Consists of: standing orders issued by the Medical Director that allow EMTs to give certain medications or perform certain procedures without speaking to the Medical Director or another physician.
What is: off-line medical direction (protocol)
300
consists of: lists of steps, such as assessments and interventions, to be taken in different situations.
What is: protocols
300
What are the four national levels of EMS training and certification?
Certified First Responder (CFR), Emergency Medical Technician-Basic (EMT-B), Emergency Medical Technician Critical-Care (EMT-CC) & Emergency Medical Care-Paramedic (EMT-P)
300
How did the Emergency Medical Services system begin?
In the 1790s, the French began to transport wounded soldiers away from the scene of battle so they could be cared for by physicians. This is the earliest documented emergency medical service.
300
This EMT has passed specific additional training programs in order to provide some level of advanced life support, such as the initiation of IV (intravenous) lines, advanced airway techniques, and administration of some medications beyond those the EMT is permitted to administer.
What is an: Critical Care Technician (EMT-CC)
400
consists of: orders from the on-duty physician given directly to an EMT in the field by radio or telephone
What is: on-line medical direction
400
a process of continuous self-review with the purpose of identifying and correcting aspects of the system that require improvement
What is: quality improvement
400
Safety of the crew, patient, and bystanders; patient assessment; patient care; lifting and moving; transport; transfer of care; and patient advocacy.
What are: the roles and responsibilities of the EMT
400
_______________________________ has established an assessment program with a set of standards for EMS systems.
What is the: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Technical Assistance Program
400
Can generally perform relatively invasive field care, including insertion of endotracheal tubes, initiation of IV lines, administration of a variety of medications, interpretation of electrocardiograms, and cardiac defibrillation. This rank may perform such procedures on a more advanced level.
What is an: EMT-Paramedic (EMT-P)
500
a physician who assumes ultimate responsibility for the patient care aspects of the EMS system
What is an: Medical Director
500
a policy or protocol issued by a Medical Director that authorizes EMTs and others to perform particular skills in certain situations
What is: standing orders
500
Being in good health and able to lift and carry up to 125 pounds; good eyesight and hearing; able to clearly communicate in written and oral form; pleasant; sincere; cooperative; resourceful; a self-starter; emotionally stable; able to lead; and neat and clean are...
What are: desirable personal and physical attributes of the EMT
500
For the patient, care begins with the initial phone call to the ______________ ____________ ____________, or (___).
What is an: Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD).
500
*** It is not possible to help a patient if you are injured before you reach him or while you are providing care, so your first responsibility is to ______ _______ _____. ***
What is to: keep yourself safe
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