Chp 1/2 EMT (EMS systems/public health, Workforce Safety/Wellness)

AEMT

Advanced emergency medical technician: intravenous therapy, emergency medications

ALS (3)

Advanced life support: advanced airway management, intravenous access, medication administration

ADA

Americans with Disabilities Act: legislation to protect people with disabillities

AEDs

Automated External Defibrillators: detect cardiac dysrhythmias + deliver shock

BLS

Basic life support: airway obstruction, respiratory arrest, cardiac arrest

EMS

Out of hospital care

Just culture

System of accountability and justice + learning from errors

Licensure

From the STATE: allows people to perform a regulated act

Medical director

Physician → gives EMT authority to prove medical care

MIH

Mobile integrated health care: health care within the community (instead of in hospital)

NEMSIS

National EMS information system: funded by national highway traffic safety administration

NHTSA

National highway traffic safety administration

Primary prevention

Prevent an illness / condition with ex. Vaccinations, seatbelts

PSAP

Public safety access point = 911

AGP

Aerosol generating procedure: treatments that increase transmission through air ex. CPR

CDC

Center for disease control and prevention

CISM

Critical incident stress management

Designated officer

Individual in charge of managing exposure

HIV

Human immunodeficiency virus: causes AIDS → body unable to fight infection

OSHA

Occupational safety and health administration

Vector-borne transmission

Organism spread by animals