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Emergency Medical Services System
Ans: network of community resources and medical personnel
the survival and recovery of critically injured or ill victims deoends on
Ans: early recognition and reponse
earky activation of the EMS system
care provided until more advanced medical personnel take over
pre hospital care
Early recogniton and response
Ans: response by lay responder
response by professional responder
Early recogmitoon of EMS
Ans: lay responder calling 911 to activate EMS
Information to provide:
Your name
Describe the situation
Number of individials involved
Location and Directions
What treatment is being given
care by layperson
Ans: stay with the victim
monitor the situaion
adjust care as needed
inform advanced personnel
care by professional rescuer
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Ans: more advanced training
better able to assess needs and treat ore effectively than a lay responder
responsibilites as a professional rescuer
Ans: Duty to respond when on the job
Have a plan for your response
Know your scope of practice → keep certification current
Ensuring safety of you, team members, bystanders
Assess the scene to gain safe access to victim
Pre-hospital care
Ans: Arrival of Emergency Medical Technicians
EMTs provide more advanced care and life support techniques
Tiered level of training
Paramedic = most advanced
Hospital Care
Ans: Arrival at hospital and care by medical personnel
Physicians
Nurses
Medical Specialist
Other health-care professionals
Once stabilized, the victim may be transferred to another department
Rehabilitation
Ans: Return the victim to his or her previous state of health or optimal health based on
conditions
sports medicine
Ans: human performance and injury management
human performance