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Chapter 1
Preparatory
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Automated External Defibrillator (AED) | A device that detects treatable life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias (ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia) and delivers the appropriate electrical shock to the patient. |
| Public Safety Access Point | A call center, staffed by trained personnel who are responsible for managing request for police, firefighting, and ambulance |
| Primary Prevention | Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occuring |
| Secondary Prevention | Efforts to limit the effects of an injury or illness that you cannot completely prevent. |
| Intravenous (IV) therapy | The delivery of medication directly into a vein |
| Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) | The first trained individual, such as a police officer, fire fighter, lifeguard, or other rescuer, to arrive at the scene of an emergency to provide initial medical assistance. |
| Licensure | The process whereby a competent authority, usually the state, allows individuals to perform a regulated act. |
| Advance life support (ALS) | Advanced lifesaving procedures, some of which are now being provided by the EMT. |
| Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) | A system of internal and external reviews and audits of all aspects of an EMS system. |
| Medical Control | Physician instructions that are given directly by radio or cell phone (online/direct) or indirectly by protocol/guidelines (offline/indirect), as authorized by the medical director of the service program. |
| Emergency Medical Services (EMS) | A multidisciplinary system that represents the combined efforts of several professionals and agencies to provide prehospital emergency care to the sick and injured. |
| Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) | Federal legislation passed in 1996. its main effect in EMS is in limiting availability of patients health care information and penalizing violations of patients privacy. |
| Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) | An individual who has training in basic life support, including automated external defibrillation, use of a definitive airway adjunct, and assisting patients with certain medications. |
| Certification | A process in which a person, an institution, or a program is evaluated and recognized as meeting certain predetermined standards to provide safe and ethical care. |
| Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) | Comprehensive legislation that is designed to protect individuals with disabilities against discrimination. |
| Advance EMT (AEMT) | An individual who has training in specific aspects of advanced life support, such as intravenous therapy, and the administration of certain emergency medications |
| National EMS Scope of Practice Model | A document created by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that outlines the skills performed by various EMS providers. |
| Medical Director | The phusician who authorizes or delegates to the EMT the authority to provide medical care in the field. |
| Public Health | Focused on examining the health needs of entire populations with the goal of preventing health problems |
| Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) | A system that assists dispatchers in selecting appropriate units to respond to a particular call for assistance and in providing callers with vital instructions until the arrival of EMS crews. |
| Primary Service Area (PSA) | The designated area in which the EMS service is responsible for the provision of prehospital emergency care and transportation to the hospital. |
| Quality Control | The responsibility of the medical director to ensure that the appropriate medical care standards are met by the EMTs on each call. |
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