EMS System Acronyms
ALS
What is Advanced Life Support?
This is the spread of infection through an inanimate object.
What is indirect contact?
The Diastolic blood pressure tends to so this with age.
What is increase?
This is the name used to describe when a portion of the spinal cord protrudes outside of the body.
What is Spina Bifida?
This is your primary concern during all phases of rescue.
What is safety?
EMS
What is Emergency Medical Service?
These are the stages of the grieving process.
What are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance?
This is what you would suspect when you encounter a patient with depressed fontanelles.
What is dehydration?
Genic Factors, Complications at birth, Poverty, and Malnutrition. This one is not a potential cause of developmental disability.
What is poverty?
Prior to attempting to gain access into a vehicle, the parking brake should be on and this should be disconnected.
What is the battery?
AEMT
What is Advanced Emergency Medical Technician?
This may develop after experiencing a psychologically distressing event.
What is Posttraumatic Stress Disorder?
This is the stage in life when empty nest Syndrome is typically seen
What is early adulthood?
This is what you should do if a patient's home mechanical ventilator malfunctions.
What is begin ventilations with a bag-mask device?
All EMS personal should wear this while working an emergency scene.
What is proper protective gear?
EMD
What is Emergency Medical Dispatch?
It is a microorganism that is capable of causing disease in a susceptible host.
What is a pathogen?
This is a nervous system change commonly found in older adults.
What is deterioration of nerve endings?
This is a term used to describe a person that is 30% or more over his or her ideal body weight.
What is Obese?
This is how far response vehicles should park form a cave in or a trench collapse.
What is 500 feet?
CQI
What is Continuous Quality Improvement?
This kind of misconduct includes an unwelcome sexual advance or advances.
What is Sexual Harassment?
This is the leading cause of death for adults 45 years and older.
What is cancer?
Epilepsy, Cardiovascular Complications, Difficulty Communicating, Intellectual Disabilities. Cerebral Palsy is associated with all of these conditions EXCEPT this one.
What is Cardiovascular Complications?
Cave Rescue, Dive Rescue, or Mine Recue are considered this.
What are Specialized Rescue Situations?