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)?
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?
Airway, Breathing, and Circulation
ABC
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?
This acronym stands for the location where 911 calls are automatically directed.
What is PSAP (Public Safety Answering Point)?
Name of the State Medical Director
Tripp Winslow
Daily Double
Basic Life Support
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?
These specially trained dispatchers receive calls and provide pre-arrival instructions.
What are Emergency Medical Dispatchers (EMDs)?
DEA
medical order to not perform life-saving measures)
DNR
The number of attributes that make up an integrated EMS system according to NHTSA.
What is fourteen?
DAILY DOUBLE
Who controls EMS in NC
This enhanced 911 phase delivers the wireless number and location to the appropriate District
Location and Ping
Toward the head
Superior
Level of Consciousness
LOC
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?
Who controls Dispatch here
Emergency Management
Farther from the trunk or the point of origin
Distal
Vital Signs
VS