Emergency Care and
Transportation of the Sick and
Injured-EMS Systems examination
Chapter 1
12th Edition
A call center, staffed by trained personnel who are
responsible for managing requests for police, fire, and
ambulance services. - answer ✅✅Public safety access point
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)
, A document created by the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) that outlines the skills performed by
various EMS providers. - answer ✅✅National EMS Scope of
Practice Model
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 - answer ✅✅Community Paramedicine
(CP)
A method of delivering health care that involves providing
health care within the community rather than at a physician's
office or hospital. - answer ✅✅Mobile Integrated Health Care
A multidisciplinary system that represents the combined
efforts of several professionals and agencies to provide
prehospital emergency care to the sick and injured. - answer
✅✅Emergency Medical Services
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. - answer
✅✅Certification
Transportation of the Sick and
Injured-EMS Systems examination
Chapter 1
12th Edition
A call center, staffed by trained personnel who are
responsible for managing requests for police, fire, and
ambulance services. - answer ✅✅Public safety access point
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)
, A document created by the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) that outlines the skills performed by
various EMS providers. - answer ✅✅National EMS Scope of
Practice Model
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 - answer ✅✅Community Paramedicine
(CP)
A method of delivering health care that involves providing
health care within the community rather than at a physician's
office or hospital. - answer ✅✅Mobile Integrated Health Care
A multidisciplinary system that represents the combined
efforts of several professionals and agencies to provide
prehospital emergency care to the sick and injured. - answer
✅✅Emergency Medical Services
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. - answer
✅✅Certification
