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| An approach to medicine where decisions are based on well-conducted research, classifying recommendations based on the strength of the scientific evidence; also called science-based medicine. |
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| An individual who has training in specific aspects of advanced life support, such as intravenous therapy, and the administration of certain emergency medications. |
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| NATIONALEMS SCOPE OF PRACTICE MODEL |
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| A document created by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that outlines the skills performed by various EMS providers. |
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| An established process to determine the qualifications necessary to be allowed to practice a particular profession, or to function as an organization. |
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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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| HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT |
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| Federal legislation passed in 1996. Its main effect in EMS is in limiting availability of patients’ health care information and penalizing violations of patient privacy |
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| Federal legislation passed in 1996. Its main effect in EMS is in limiting availability of patients’ health care information and penalizing violations of patient privacy |
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| Oversight by the medical director to ensure the appropriate medical care standards are met by EMTs on each call. |
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| AMERICANS WITH DISSABILITY ACT |
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| Comprehensive legislation that is designed to protect people with disabilities against discrimination. |
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| EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONDER |
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| A trained professional, such as police officer, firefighter, lifeguard, or other rescuer, who may arrive first at the scene of an emergency to provide initial medical assistance. |
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| (ALS) ADVANCED LIFE SAVING SUPPORT |
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| Advanced life-saving procedures, some of which are now being provided by the EMT. |
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| Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring. |
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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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| Physician instructions given directly by radio or cell phone (online/direct) or indirectly by protocol/guidelines (off-line/indirect), as authorized by the medical director of the service program. |
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| MOBILE INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE |
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| A method of delivering health care that involves providing health care within the community rather than at a physician’s office or hospital. |
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| The delivery of medication directly into a vein. |
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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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| Efforts to limit the effects of an injury or illness that you cannot completely prevent. |
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| EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCH |
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| A system that assists dispatchers in selecting appropriate units to respond to a particular call for assistance and provides callers with vital instructions until the arrival of EMS crews. |
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| AED AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR |
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| A device that detects treatable life-threatening cardiac dysrhythmias (ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia) and delivers the appropriate electrical shock to the patient. |
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| EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES |
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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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| The branch of medicine that is focused on examining the health needs of entire populations with the goal of preventing health problems. |
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| The designated area in which the EMS agency is responsible for the provision of prehospital emergency care and transportation to the hospital. |
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| CONTINUOUS QUALITY CONTROL |
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| A system of internal and external reviews and audits of all aspects of an EMS system aimed at improving outcomes. |
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| PUBLIC SAFETY ACCESS POINT |
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| A call center, staffed by trained personnel who are responsible for managing requests for police, fire, and ambulance services. |
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| (EMT) EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN |
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| An individual who has training in basic life support, including automated external defibrillation, use of a definitive airway adjunct, and assisting patients with certain medications. |
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