EMS Systems
Granting certification to a provider from another state or agency.
Reciprocity
Assumption that a person would agree to treatment and/or transport if they are unconscious.
Implied Consent
A radio at a fixed location.
Base Station
Where external respiration takes place
Aveoli
The point of maximum effect of a drug
Peak
The highest EMS skill level at which you can be certified or licensed at the national level.
Paramedic
To create fear of immediate body harm or invasion of bodily security.
Assault
Agreements with neighboring or regional jurisdictions to back each other up.
Mutual Aid
The onset of menses.
Menarche
Medications administered to stimulate the sympathetic nervous system.
Sympathomimetics
A tool that is used to continually evaluate EMS care.
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
A set of values in society that differentiates right from wrong.
Ethics
Patient care orders in the form of protocols or standing orders.
Off-line medical control
The volume of blood pumped with each ventricular contraction.
Stroke Volume
A group of medications initiates or promotes a cellular response by attaching to receptor sites
Agonist medications
Type of research in which a single case is investigated and documented over a specified period.
Case Study
Making false statements in written form that injures a person's good name.
Libel
The system of beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors that are learned and shared by members of a group.
Culture
The mechanical process of moving air in and out of the lungs.
Ventilation
The percentage of the unchanged medication that reaches systemic circulation.
Bioavailibility
The process of obtaining, verifying, and assessing a practitioner's qualifications to provide care for a specific health agency.
Credentialing
The right to direct one's own medical care.
Pt. Autonomy
Communicating with the patient using specific strategies to encourage the patient to express ideas and feelings to convey respect and acceptance.
Therapeutic Communication
The wavelike movement of smooth muscle by which tubular organs move their contents.
Peristalisis
The alteration of a medication via metabolism within the gastrointestinal tract before it reaches systemic circulation.
first-pass effect