AAOS CHAPTER 2 EMT FULLY SOLVED TEST
PAPER GRADED A+
◉ emergency medical dispatch (EMD).
Answer: 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.
◉ emergency medical responder (EMR).
Answer: 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.
◉ emergency medical services (EMS).
Answer: A multidisciplinary system that represents the combined
efforts of several professionals and agencies to provide prehosptial
emergency care to the sick and injured.
◉ emergency medical technician (EMT).
Answer: 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.
, ◉ Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Answer: 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.
◉ intravenous (IV) therapy.
Answer: The delivery of medication directly into a vein.
◉ licensure.
Answer: The process whereby a state allows individuals to perform
a regulated act.
◉ medical control.
Answer: Physician instructions that are given directly by radio or
cell phone (online/direct) or indirectly by protocol/guidelines (off-
lines/indirect), as authorized by the medical director of the service
program.
◉ medical director.
Answer: The physician who authorizes or delegates to the EMT the
authority to provide medical care in the field.
◉ National EMS Scope of Practice Model.
PAPER GRADED A+
◉ emergency medical dispatch (EMD).
Answer: 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.
◉ emergency medical responder (EMR).
Answer: 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.
◉ emergency medical services (EMS).
Answer: A multidisciplinary system that represents the combined
efforts of several professionals and agencies to provide prehosptial
emergency care to the sick and injured.
◉ emergency medical technician (EMT).
Answer: 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.
, ◉ Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Answer: 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.
◉ intravenous (IV) therapy.
Answer: The delivery of medication directly into a vein.
◉ licensure.
Answer: The process whereby a state allows individuals to perform
a regulated act.
◉ medical control.
Answer: Physician instructions that are given directly by radio or
cell phone (online/direct) or indirectly by protocol/guidelines (off-
lines/indirect), as authorized by the medical director of the service
program.
◉ medical director.
Answer: The physician who authorizes or delegates to the EMT the
authority to provide medical care in the field.
◉ National EMS Scope of Practice Model.
