of the Sick and Injured, latest
Edition - Chapter 1: EMS
Systems||actual and verified
questions 2026 latest exam
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. -
ANSWER-Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)
An individual who has training in specific aspects of advanced life support, such as
intravenous therapy, and the administration of certain emergency medications. -
ANSWER-Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT)
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. - ANSWER-Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD)
The designated area in which the EMS agency is responsible for the provision of
prehospital emergency care and transportation to the hospital. - ANSWER-Primary
service area (PSA)
A device that detects treatable life-threatening cardiac dysrhythmias (ventricular
fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia) and delivers the appropriate electrical shock to
the patient. - ANSWER-Automated external defibrillator (AED)
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. - ANSWER-Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
The process whereby a competent authority, usually the state, allows people to perform
a regulated act. - ANSWER-Licensure
The physician who authorizes or delegates to the EMT the authority to provide medical
care in the field. - ANSWER-Medical Director