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EMT PRACTICE QUESTION AND ANSWERS LATEST AND UPDATED emergency medical responder emergency medical technician advanced EMT paramedic 4 training and licensure levels Resource detailing common hazards and proper responses emergency response guidebook The technique that an EMT uses to quickly remove a patient from danger emergency move patient move that should be done quickly yet without any compromise of spinal integrity. urgent move very basic training and provides care before the ambulance arrives. e.g. law enforcement, fire fighters, park rangers, ski patrollers. Emergency medical responder BLS training with automated external defibrillator, use of airway adjuncts and assisting patients with certain medications. requires 150 hrs. EMT has some training in ALS such as intravenous therapy and administration of some drugs. 200-400 hrs. AEMT has extensive training in ALS, including endotracheal intubation, emergency pharmacology, cardiac monitoring and other skills. hrs. paramedic National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Every state follows the guidelines recommended for EMS training standards. NHTSA the EMT's initial evaluation of a scene to which he has been called scene size-up objective evaluation and determination of the status of patient patient assessment prohibits discrimination against the disabled americans with disabilities act (ADA) of 1990 Provides guidelines for skills at each level of EMS training. federal level national EMS scope of practice model Can limit the scope of practice but cannot expand beyond state laws. described in a set of written standing orders and protocols. medical director detect treatable life-threatening cardiac dysrhythmias and deliver shock automated external defibrillator (AED) Communications center where dispatchers dispatch emergency workers public safety access point assist disptchers in providing callers with vital instructions to help them deal with a medical emergency until ems arrive emergency medical dispatch (emd)