Expanded EMS Systems & Community Paramedicine in Canada
The use of paramedics in a nonemergency setting or acute non-life-threatening situations according to their expertise and qualifications.
Differentiated Practice
A time of day or day of the week in which the call volume is at its highest.
Peak Loads
In incident command, the person appointed to determine the type of equipment and resources needed for a situation involving extrication or special rescue; also called the rescue officer.
Extrication Officer
In incident command, when an incident commander turns over command to someone with more experience in a critcal area.
Transfer of Command
The integration of best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values to facilitate clinical decision-making.
Evidence-Based Practice
A finding that when the operator lets go of the steering wheel, a vehicle consistently wanders left or right.
Drift
In incident command, the section that helps procure and stockpile equipment and supplies during an incident.
Logistics Section
In incident command, the area to stage equipment and responders, and track unit arrival and deployment.
Staging Area
A scope of practice often grouped under the heading of community paramedicine and which takes many forms; any health care service that falls outside the traditional scope of paramedicine and encompasses many diverse practices.
Expanded Scope Paramedicine
Driving with awareness and responsibility for other drivers on the roadways when operating an ambulance in the emergency mode.
Due Regard
In incident command, the person who locates an area to stage equipment and personnel, and tracks unit arrival and deployment.
Staging Officer
An emergency situation that can place great demand on the equipment or personnel of the paramedic system or has the potential to overwhelm your available resources.
Mass-Casualty Incident (MCI)
An evaluation of the health issues in a particular community, with the goal of identifying priorities and including which resources will be necessary to address them.
Community Health Needs Assessment
A sensation of looseness or sloppiness in a vehicle's steering.
Steering Play
In incident command, the person appointed to determine the type of equipment and resources needed for a situation involving extrication or special rescue; also called the 'extrication officer'.
Rescue Officer
An area designated by the incident commander, or a designee, in which public information officers from multiple agencies disseminate information about the incident.
Joint Information Centre (JIC)
Community Paramedicine Program
The staging of ambulances to strategic locations within a service area to allow for coverage of emergency calls.
Strategic Deployment
A command system used in larger incidents in which there is a multiagency response or multiple jurisdictions are involved.
Unified Command System
The process of directing responders to return to their facilities when work at a disaster or mass-casualty incident has finished, at least for the particular responders.
Demobilization