(Levels)
Requires 150 hours of instruction.
EMT
Department directly affected by proper documentation of interventions.
Billing/Finance
PSA (Primary Service Area)
The two types of Medical control.
Off-line (indirect) and Online (direct)
**Double points for an example of each**
Constantly keeps the needs of the pt at the center of care.
Patient Advocacy
Is able to provide CPR and basic care.
EMR
Deals with the people within EMS systems.
Human Resources
Focused on procedures that have proven useful in improving patient outcomes.
EBM (Evidence based medicine)
Focuses on strategies that will prevent an event from ever happening.
Primary Prevention
Shows awareness and consideration about the needs of others.
Empathy
They provide callers with vital instructions to help guide them through medical emergencies until emergency responders arrive on scene.
EMD's (Emergency Medical Dispatchers)
Responsible for developing protocols for individual service areas based on the training levels of the EMS providers in that area.
Medical Director
A dynamic, circular system of continuous internal and external review and audits of all aspects of an EMS call.
CQI (Continuous Quality Improvement)
A type of modern day slavery.
Human trafficking
Consistent actions, adheres firmly to a code of honest behavior.
Integrity
Authorizes the providers in the service to provide medical care.
Medical Director
A multidisciplinary, national review of all aspects of EMS delivery.
EMS Agenda 2050
A system of delivering health care that utilizes the prehospital spectrum.
MIH (Mobile Integrated Healthcare)
Recognition by one state of another state's licensure.
Reciprocity
Uses persona to project a sense of trust, professionalism, knowledge and compassion.
Appearance and hygiene
Requires a minimum of 800 class hours.
Paramedic
A new branch of health care that is causing the evolution of additional training levels for EMS providers.
Community Paramedicine
Enacted in 1996 to protect the privacy of the patient.
HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
Process whereby a competent authority, usually the state, allows people to perform a regulated job, trade or profession.
Licensure
Understands others and ensures they understand you.
Communication