1 North Carolina Emt Chapter 1

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Def of EMT

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EMS professional trained in BLS interventions

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Def of AEMT

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EMS professional trained in some ALS interventions

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Def of ALS

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advanced procedures such as drug administration

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Def of BLS

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basic life saving interventions such as CPR

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Def of Paramedic

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EMS professional trained in ALS interventions

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Medical Control

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physician instruction to EMS team

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What is CQI

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A system of internal reviews and audits

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What is EMS

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a system to provide prehospital care to the sick and injured

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Continuing education

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a required amount of training to maintain skills

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Quality Control

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responsibility of the medial director to ensure that appropriate care is delivered by an EMT

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Primary service area

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designated area in which the EMS service is responsible for providing prehospital care

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Who is Medical director

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the physician who authorizes the EMT to perform in the field

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Americans with disabilities act

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protects disabled individuals from discrimination

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control of external bleeding, oxygen administration, and CPR are included in the "scope of practice" of the

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EMT

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Which of the following is true of medical control

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it may be written of standing orders, it may require online radio or phone consultation, it describes the care authorized by the medical director

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All of the following are components of continuous quality improvement

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periodic run reviews, remedial training, internal reviews and audits

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the major goal of quality improvement is to ensure that

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the public receives the highest standard of care

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federal legislation concerning patient confidentiality si known as

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HIPAA

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T/F EMT Personnel are the highest qualified members of the prehospital care team

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False

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TF The EMT scope of practice may include the use of either an automated or manual defibulator

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True

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TF the purpose of continuous quality improvement CQI is to support discipline of personnel

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False

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TF A professional appearance and manner by the EMT will help build a patients confidence in the EMTs ability

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True

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TF Essential keys to being a good EMT include compassion and commitment

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True

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TF As a health care professional and an extension of physical care, you are bound by patient confidentially- even in your own home

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True

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____ ______ _____ is a circular system of continuous internal and external reviews and audits of all aspects of an EMS system

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Continuous Quality Improvement

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Each EMS system has a physician _____ ______ who authorizes the EMTs in the service to provide medical care in the field

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medical director

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One of the most dramatic recent developments in prehospital emergency care is the use of a ____ _____ ____

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automated external defibulator

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The primary _______ area is the main area in which an EMS agency operates

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service

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A 9-1-1 dispatch center is called a public safety ____ ___ of PSAP

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access point

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describe the EMTs role in the EMS system

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provide basic life support, including AED, use of airway adjuncts, and assisting patients with certain medications

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what role has the US DOT played in the development of EMS

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developed certain guidelines, curricula, funding sources, and assessment tools designed to develop and improve EMS in the US

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List 5 roles and/or responsibilities of being an EMT

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gain patient access, be an on-scene leader, emergency vehicle operation, perform patient assessment, resolve emergency incidents, give back to the profession

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describe the two basic types of medical direction that help the EMT provide care

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online direction through radio or phone
offline through written protocols, training and standing orders

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efforts to limit the effects of an injury or illness that you cannot completely prevent are considered _________ pervention

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secondary

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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

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EMR

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efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occuring are known as _________ prevention.

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primary

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Acronym for advanced life saving procedures

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ALS

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focused on examining the health needs of the entire populations with the goal of preventing health problems

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public health

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an individual who has extensive training in advanced life support, including endotracheal intubation, emergency pharmacology, cardiac monitoring and other advanced assessment and treatment skills

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Paramedic

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the responsibility of the medical director to ensure that appropriate medical care standards are met by EMTs on each call

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quality control

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the designated are in which the EMS service is responsible for the provision of prehospital emergency care and transportation to the hospital

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primary service area

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the physician who authorizes or delegates to the EMT the authority to provide medical care in the field

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medical director

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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

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certification

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a multidisciplinary system that represents the combined efforts of several professionals and agencies to provide prehospital emergency care to the sick and injured

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EMS

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federal legislation passed in 1996. its main effect is EMS is in limiting availability of patients health care information and penalizing violations of patient privacy

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HIPPA

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an indivdual who has training in specific aspects of ALS such as intravenous therapy, and the administration of certain emergency medications

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AEMT

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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

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EMD

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the process wherby a state allows indivuals to perform a regulated act

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licensure

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comprehensive legislation that is designed to protect individuals with disabilities against discrimination

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ADA

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a system of internal and external reviews and audits of all aspects of an EMS system

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CQI

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a device that detects treatable life threatening cardiac arrhythmias and delivers the appropriate electrical shock to the patient

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AED

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an individual who has training in basic life support, including automated external difibrillation, use of a definitive airway adjunct and assisting patients with certain medication

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EMT