Jones and Bartlett EMT Course
an individual who has training in specific aspects of advanced life support, such as IV therapy and the
administration of certain emergency medications.
AEMT
advanced lifesaving procedures, some of which are now being provided by the EMT
ALS
comprehensive legislation that is designed to protect people with disabilities against discrimination
ADA Act
device that detects treatable life-threatening cardiac dysrhythmias (ventricular fibrillation and
ventricular tachycardia) and delivers the appropriate electrical shock to the patient.
AED
a health care model in which experienced paramedics receive advanced training to equip them to
provide additional services in the prehospital environment, such as health evaluations, monitoring of
chronic illnesses or conditions, and patient advocacy.
,community paramedicine
the delivery of medication directly into a vein
IV therapy
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
medical control
the physician who authorizes or delegates to the EMT the authority to provide medical care in the field
medical director
a method of delivering health care which involves providing health care within the community rather
than at a doctor's office or hospital
MIH
a document created by the NHTSA that outlines the skills performed by various EMS providers.
National EMS Scope of Practice Model
,efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring
primary prevention
focused on examining the health needs of entire populations with the goal of preventing health
problems.
public health
efforts to limit the effects of an injury or illness that you cannot completely prevent.
secondary prevention
motion of a limb away from the midline
abduction
motion of a limb toward the midline
adduction
, the front surface of the body; the side facing you in the standard anatomic position
anterior
the pointed extremity of a conical structure
apex
a body part or condition that appears on both sides of the midline
bilateral
the vowel used to combine two word roots or a word root and suffix
combining vowel
farther inside the body and away from the skin
deep
further from the trunk or nearer to the free end of the extremity
distal
an individual who has training in specific aspects of advanced life support, such as IV therapy and the
administration of certain emergency medications.
AEMT
advanced lifesaving procedures, some of which are now being provided by the EMT
ALS
comprehensive legislation that is designed to protect people with disabilities against discrimination
ADA Act
device that detects treatable life-threatening cardiac dysrhythmias (ventricular fibrillation and
ventricular tachycardia) and delivers the appropriate electrical shock to the patient.
AED
a health care model in which experienced paramedics receive advanced training to equip them to
provide additional services in the prehospital environment, such as health evaluations, monitoring of
chronic illnesses or conditions, and patient advocacy.
,community paramedicine
the delivery of medication directly into a vein
IV therapy
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
medical control
the physician who authorizes or delegates to the EMT the authority to provide medical care in the field
medical director
a method of delivering health care which involves providing health care within the community rather
than at a doctor's office or hospital
MIH
a document created by the NHTSA that outlines the skills performed by various EMS providers.
National EMS Scope of Practice Model
,efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring
primary prevention
focused on examining the health needs of entire populations with the goal of preventing health
problems.
public health
efforts to limit the effects of an injury or illness that you cannot completely prevent.
secondary prevention
motion of a limb away from the midline
abduction
motion of a limb toward the midline
adduction
, the front surface of the body; the side facing you in the standard anatomic position
anterior
the pointed extremity of a conical structure
apex
a body part or condition that appears on both sides of the midline
bilateral
the vowel used to combine two word roots or a word root and suffix
combining vowel
farther inside the body and away from the skin
deep
further from the trunk or nearer to the free end of the extremity
distal
