AAOS Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured
Eleventh Edition - Chapter 1 EMS Systems EXAM Questions AND
Correct Answers
Advance Life Support (ALS) - ✔✔Advanced lifesaving procedures some
of which are now being provided by the EMT
Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT) - ✔✔An individual
who has training in specific aspects of advanced life support such as
intravenous therapy and the administration of certain emergency
medications
American with Disabilities Act (ADA) - ✔✔Comprehensive legislation
that is designed to protect people with disabilities against
discrimination.
Automated External Defibrillator (AED) - ✔✔a device that detects
treatable life-threatening cardiac dysrhythmias (ventricular fibrillation
and ventricular tachycardia) and delivers the appropriate electrical
shock to the patient.
Certification - ✔✔A process in which a person, an institution, or a
program is evaluated and recognized as meeting certain
predetermined standards to provide safe and ethical care.
Community Paramedicine - ✔✔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 - ✔✔experienced paramedics receive
advanced training to equip the to provide services within a
community.
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) - ✔✔A system of internal and
external reviews and audits of all aspects of an EMS system.
Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) - ✔✔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.
Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) - ✔✔The first trained
professional such as a police officer fire fighters lifeguard or other
rescuer to arrive at the scene of an emergency to provide initial
medical assistance.
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) - ✔✔A multidisciplinary system
that represents the combined efforts of several professionals and
agencies to provide prehospital emergency care to the sick and
injured
Eleventh Edition - Chapter 1 EMS Systems EXAM Questions AND
Correct Answers
Advance Life Support (ALS) - ✔✔Advanced lifesaving procedures some
of which are now being provided by the EMT
Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT) - ✔✔An individual
who has training in specific aspects of advanced life support such as
intravenous therapy and the administration of certain emergency
medications
American with Disabilities Act (ADA) - ✔✔Comprehensive legislation
that is designed to protect people with disabilities against
discrimination.
Automated External Defibrillator (AED) - ✔✔a device that detects
treatable life-threatening cardiac dysrhythmias (ventricular fibrillation
and ventricular tachycardia) and delivers the appropriate electrical
shock to the patient.
Certification - ✔✔A process in which a person, an institution, or a
program is evaluated and recognized as meeting certain
predetermined standards to provide safe and ethical care.
Community Paramedicine - ✔✔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 - ✔✔experienced paramedics receive
advanced training to equip the to provide services within a
community.
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) - ✔✔A system of internal and
external reviews and audits of all aspects of an EMS system.
Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) - ✔✔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.
Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) - ✔✔The first trained
professional such as a police officer fire fighters lifeguard or other
rescuer to arrive at the scene of an emergency to provide initial
medical assistance.
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) - ✔✔A multidisciplinary system
that represents the combined efforts of several professionals and
agencies to provide prehospital emergency care to the sick and
injured
