EMT Emergency Care 14th Edition Chapter 1

EMT
Emergency
Care
14th
Edition
Chapter
1
Evidence-based
techniques
-
ANSWER-T echniques
or
practices
that
are
supported
by
scientific
evidence
of
their
safety
and
efficacy
rather
than
merely
by
supposition
and
tradition.
Medical
direction
-
ANSWER-Oversight
of
the
patient
care
aspects
of
an
ems
system
by
the
medical
director .
Direction
can
be
either
off
or
online
Medical
director
-
ANSWER-a
physician
who
assumes
ultimate
responsibility
for
the
patient-care
aspects
of
the
EMS
system
911
system
-
ANSWER-a
system
for
telephone
access
to
report
emergencies.
A
dispatcher
takes
the
information
and
alerts
EMS
or
the
fire
or
police
departments
as
needed.
Enhanced
911
has
the
additional
capability
of
automatically
identifying
the
caller's
phone
number
and
location.
Off-line
medical
direction
-
ANSWER-Standing
orders
issued
by
the
Medical
Director
that
allow
EMT s
to
give
certain
medications
or
perform
certain
procedures
without
speaking
to
the
Medical
Director
or
another
physician.
Patient
Outcomes
-
ANSWER-the
long-term
survival
of
patients
Peer
Reviewed
-
ANSWER-submitted
to
a
professional
journal
and
reviewed
by
several
of
the
researchers
peers
Protocols
-
ANSWER-lists
of
steps,
such
as
assessments
and
interventions,
to
be
taken
in
different
situations.
Protocols
are
developed
by
the
Medical
Director
of
an
EMS
system
Quality
Improvement
-
ANSWER-a
process
of
continual
self-review
with
the
purpose
of
identifying
and
correcting
aspects
of
the
system
that
require
improvement
Standing
Orders
-
ANSWER-policies
or
protocols
issued
by
a
medical
director
that
authorize
emts
and
others
to
preform
particular
skills
in
certain
situations.