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1. AEMT an individual who has training in specific aspects of advanced life support, such
as IV therapy and the administration of certain emergency medications.
2. ALS advanced lifesaving procedures, some of which are now being provided by the
EMT
3. ADA Act comprehensive legislation that is designed to protect people with disabilities
against discrimination
4. AED device that detects treatable life-threatening cardiac dysrhythmias (ventricular
fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia) and delivers the appropriate electrical
shock to the patient.
5. community para- a health care model in which experienced paramedics receive advanced training
medicine to equip them to provide additional services in the prehospital environment, such
as health evaluations, monitoring of chronic illnesses or conditions, and patient
advocacy.
6. IV therapy the delivery of medication directly into a vein
7. medical control 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
8. medical director the physician who authorizes or delegates to the EMT the authority to provide
medical care in the field
9. MIH a method of delivering health care which involves providing health care within the
community rather than at a doctor's office or hospital
10. National EMS a document created by the NHTSA that outlines the skills performed by various
Scope of Practice EMS providers.
Model
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11. primary preven- efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring
tion
12. public health focused on examining the health needs of entire populations with the goal of
preventing health problems.
13. secondary pre- efforts to limit the effects of an injury or illness that you cannot completely prevent.
vention
14. abduction motion of a limb away from the midline
15. adduction motion of a limb toward the midline
16. anterior the front surface of the body; the side facing you in the standard anatomic position
17. apex the pointed extremity of a conical structure
18. bilateral a body part or condition that appears on both sides of the midline
19. combining vowel the vowel used to combine two word roots or a word root and suffix
20. deep farther inside the body and away from the skin
21. distal further from the trunk or nearer to the free end of the extremity
22. dorsal the posterior surface of the body, including the back of the hand
23. extension the straightning of a joint
24. flexion the bending of a joint
25. fowler position an inclined position in which the head of the bed is raised
26. inferior below a body part or nearer to the feet
27. lateral parts of the body that lie farther from the midline; also called outer structures
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28. medial parts of the body that lie closer to the midline; also called inner structures
29. palmar the forward facing part of the hand in the anatomic position
30. plantar the bottom surface of the foot
31. posterior the back surface of the body; the side away from you in the standard anatomic
position
32. prefix part of a term thatr appears before a word root, changing the meaning of the term
33. prone lying face down
34. proximal closer to the trunk
35. quadrants describes the sections of the abdominal cavity, in which two imaginary lines
intersect at the umbilicus, dividing the abdomen into four equal areas
36. suffix the part of a term that comes after the root word, at the end of the term
37. superficial closer to or on the skin
38. superior above a body part or nearer to the head
39. supine lying face up
40. ventral the anterior surface of the body
41. word root the main part of a term that contains the primary meaning
42. abdomen the body cavity that contains the major organs of digestion and excretion. it is
located below the diaphragm and above the pelvis
43. acetabulum the depression on the lateral pelvis where its three component bones join, in
which the femoral head fits snugly