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, EMS system - Correct Answer: is a network of trained professionals linked to provide advanced, out-of-
hospital care for victims of sudden traumatic injury or illness.
Florida's EMS system - Correct Answer: is governed by laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.
The Division of Emergency Medical Services and Community Health Resources - Correct Answer:
provide leadership to local jurisdictions and municipalities.
Florida's law - Correct Answer: mandates that ALL patients have equal rights to EMS.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the United States Department of Transportation -
Correct Answer: sets the standard; although each state regulates its EMS system.
The criminal justice officer - Correct Answer: can be the first person to providing basic first aid.
Advanced, specialized training prepares paramedics, emergency medical technicians (EMTs), and other
responders - Correct Answer: to provide more comprehensive care than criminal justice officers can
provide.
Criminal Justice First Aid Provider: Levels of training include - Correct Answer: airway care, patient
assessment, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), bleeding control, stabilization of injuries to the spine
and extremities or limbs, care for medical and trauma emergencies, use of limited amount of
equipment, assistance to other EMS providers, cannot administer medications.
EMS Levels of Training: First Responder - Correct Answer: is the lowest level of EMS training; includes
airway care with use of adjunctive equipment, patient assessment, CPR, bleeding control, stabilization of
injuries to the spine and extremities, care for medical and trauma emergencies, use of limited amount of
equipment, assistance to other EMS providers, other skills or procedures as local or state regulations
permit.
EMS Levels of Training: EMT-Basic - Correct Answer: is the middle level of EMS training; includes
performing all techniques of a first aid provider and a first responder, performs complex immobilization
procedures, restrains patients, staffs and drives the ambulance.