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An individual who has training in specific aspects of advanced life support such as intravenous therapy in the administration of certain emergency medications

Advanced life-saving procedures, some of which are now being produced by the EMT

Comprehensive legislation that is designed to protect people with disabilities against discrimination

I device that detects treatable life-threatening cardiac dysrhythmias (vfib , vtac ) and delivers at the appropriate electrical shock to the patient

The process in which a person, and institution, or a program is evaluated and recognized as meeting certain predetermined standards to provide safe and ethical care

Hey healthcare model in which experience paramedics receive advanced training to equip them to provide additional services in the prehospital environment such as health evaluations monitoring of chronic illnesses and patient advocacy

Hey system of internal and Extertal reviews and audits at all aspects of an EMS system

Hey system that assist dispatchers and selecting appropriate units to respond to a particular call for assistance and provide collars with vital instructions to the arrival of EMS crews

The first train professional, such as a police officer, firefighters, lifeguard, or other rescuer, to arrive at the scene of an emergency to provide initial medical assistance

A multi-disciplinary system that represents the combine efforts of several professionals And agencies provide prehospital emergency care to the sick and injured

An individual who has training in basic life support, including automated external defibrillation, use of a definitive airway adjuncts , and assisting patients with certain medications

Federal legislation passed in 1996. It’s made affect is an EMS is in limiting availability of patient’s healthcare information and penalizing violations of patient privacy.

The delivery of medication directly into the vein

The process whereby they come to 1030, usually the state, allows people to perform a regulated act

Position instructions 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.

The position who authorizesThe position who authorizes or delegates to the EMT the authority to provide medical care in the field

A method of delivering healthcare which involves providing healthcare within the community rather than at a visit in the office or hospital

Hey document created by the national Highway traffic safety administration, NHTSA, that outlines the skills to perform by various EMS providers

In the individual who has extensive training in advance like support, including endotracheal intubation, emergency pharmacology, cardiac monitoring, another advance assessment and treatment skills

Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from

The designated area in which the EMS agency is responsible for the provision of prehospital emergency care and transportation

Focused on examining
The health needs her entire populations

A  call center, staffed by train personnel who are responsible for managing request for police, fire, and ambulance services

The responsibility of the medical director to ensure the appropriate medical care standards are met by EMTs I need to call

Efforts to limit the effects of an injury or illness or that you cannot completely prevent