Introduction to Emergency Medical Services

Flashcards covering key vocabulary and concepts from the EMS lecture.

What prevents individuals from being able to obtain state licensure in most states?

Individuals with misdemeanors or felonies.

What does EMR stand for?

Emergency Medical Responder

What does EMT stand for?

Emergency Medical Technician

What does AEMT stand for?

Advanced Emergency Medical Technician

What does an EMR do?

Personnel that are taught very short, very quick first aid.

What can paramedics do?

They can intubate, start IVs, drill into the bone and give all medications that all doctors can give, and can shock with a monitor.

What is EMS?

A team of health care professionals that provide emergency care and transport.

What is the motto of EMS?

That we do no harm.

What governs our actions through our standard of our operating procedures and our policies for our protocols?

State laws.

When were the volunteer ambulances started?

World War One

Who picked up the slack and decided that they were gonna be the ambulances and transport the patients that needed to get to a hospital back in the 1900s?

Funeral homes.

What document went out around 1966 that truly established the founding of EMS?

Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society

Who established our first EMT training program in the early seventies?

The Department of Transportation

What does AAOS stand for?

The American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons

What did the Emergency Medical Services Act of 1973 create?

Funding sources and programs in order to develop systems for free hospital care.

What was created in 1966 that originally defined the need for EMS?

The white paper

Who created the national standard curriculum in the 1970s?

DOT (Department of Transportation)

Who developed the EMS agenda for the future in the 1990s?

The NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Admission)

What are Khan Ed courses?

Continuing education

What levels are involved in the National EMS Scope of Practice Model?

Federal, state, and local levels.

What are standing orders?

Actions you're able to take at any time without calling for permission.

What is QAQI?

Quality assurance and quality improvement

What are the only ways EMS can actually send a bill?

If drugs are given or transport is performed

What does ET3 stand for?

Emergency Triage, Treat, and Transport

What is primary prevention?

Strategies that are meant to help prevent the event from ever happening.

What is secondary prevention?

Strategies that are trying to be implemented after the event has already occurred.

What is the EMTs highest priority?

Ensuring personal safety.

What does HIPAA stand for?

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

What does HIPAA mean?

You must protect any patient privacy