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Intro to Emergency Care

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Regulation and Policy   Each state EMS system must have enabling legislation, lead ems agency, funding, policies, and procedures  
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Resource Mgmt.   Centralized coordination of resources so that all victims have equal access to care  
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Human Resources and Training   All EMS personnel trained to EMT level using National EMS Standards  
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Communications   There must be effective 911, distpatch-Amb, Amb-Amb,Amb-Hospital, Hos-Hos communication  
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Medical Direction   Must be a physician as a Medical Director accountable for activities of EMS personnel in that system. MD delegates to non-physician workers such as EMTs  
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Evaluation   Each statIe must have program of evaluation + improving EMS system, known as QI, QA, TQM  
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Trauma Systems   Each state needs enabling legislation for one or more trauma centers  
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EMR   Emergency Medical Responder (firefighter, police, industrial health personel) provides care prior to arrival of Ambulance  
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EMT   provides basic level medical and trauma care and transportation to a medical facility  
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AEMT   Everything EMT plus using advanced airway devices, administering some medications, and monitoring blood glucose levels  
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Paramedic   EMT+AEMT+advanced-level skills  
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EMD   Emergency Medical Dispatcher can provide information on CPR, artificial ventilation, bleeding control and more  
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QI   Quality Improvement is consistent self-review with the purpose of identifying aspects of the the system that require improvement  
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QI 5 things   1) Carefully written documentation 2) Becoming involved in QI process 3) Obtaining feedback from patients and hospital staff 4) Maintaining Equipment 5) Continuing Education  
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Medical Director   Physician who assumes ultimate responsibility of medical direction, and oversees training, develops protocols and huge part of QI  
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Designated Agent   EMT, AEMT who provides medication and emergency care as an extension of the MD's license to practice medicine  
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Standing Orders   Policy or protocol that authorizes EMTs to perform particular skills in certain situation  
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Offline-Medical Direction   Perfoming a standing order without speaking to MD or other physician  
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Online-Medical Direction   Orders given by physician over radio/phone  
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Protocols   List of steps such as assessments and interventions, to be taken in different situations  
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EMS Role in Public Health   1) Injury prevention for geriatric patients 2) Injury prevention for youth 3) Public Vaccination Programs 4) Disease Serveillance  
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Impact of Research   Patient outcomes and evidence-based techniques  
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Evidence Based Process   Forming Hypothesis, Reviewing Literature, Evaluating Evidence, Adopting the practice if evidence supports it  
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Methods of Reducing Bias   -Prospective vs. Retrospective (new vs old) -Randomization - High quality studies, single- blinded (researcher knows which therapy) Double-blinded (neither) - Control Groups group of patients receiving therapy of the commonly known +used - Study Groups  
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Types of Medical Research   - Case studies/reports always a retrospective report of patient(s) - Cohort/Concurrent Control/Case-Control Studies -RCTs randomized control trials - Systematic Review - Meta-Analysis p19  
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