Emergency Care and Transportation of
the Sick and Injured, 12th Edition -
Chapter 1: EMS Systems Test Bank
(2025) Update.
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
the Sick and Injured, 12th Edition -
Chapter 1: EMS Systems Test Bank
(2025) Update.
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
