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EMT Emergency Care 13th Edition - Chapter 1 Flashcards

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7011544415designated agentan EMT or other person authorized by a Medical Director to give medications and provide emergency care0
7011544416Off-line medical directionconsists of standing orders issued by Medical Direcctor that allows EMT s to give certain medications or perform certain procedures without speaking to Medical Director or another physician1
7011544417On-line medical directionorders from the on-duty physician given directly to an EMT in the field by radio or telephone2
7011544418911 systema system for telephone access to report emergencies3
7011544419Medical Directionoversight of the patient care aspects of an EMS system by the Medical Director4
7011544420Medical Directora physician who assumes the ultimate responsibility for the patient-care aspects of the EMS system5
7011544421Quality ImprovementA process of continuous self-review with the purpose of identifying and correcting aspects of the system that requires improvement.6
7011544422Protocolslist of steps, such as assessment and interventions, to be taken in different situations7
7011544423Standing Ordera policy or protocol issued by a Medical Director that authorizes EMTs and others to perform particular skills in certain situations8
7011544424Evidence Baseddescription of medical techniques or practices that are supported by scientific evidence of their safety and efficacy rather than merely supposition and tradition9
7011544425Patient outcomesthe long-term survival of pateints10
7011544426the earliest documented emergency med. service was in:France, 1790's11
7011544427In 1966 the_________ charged the United States __________ with developing the EMS standards and helping the states to upgrade the quality of their pre-hospital emergency careNational Highway Safety Act; Department of Transportation12
70115444283 major components of Nat. Highway Traffic Safety Administration's EMS system assessment standardstransportation, communications, evaluation13
7011544429US department of transportation provides for national levels of EMS training in all of the following(not advanced first aid) advanced EMT, emergency medical responder, paramedic14
7011544430The major emphasis of EMT education deals with _________ of the ill or injured patient in the pre-hospital settingbasic assessment and care15
7011544431patient care provided by the EMT should be:based on assessment findings16
7011544432an example of ensuring continuity in during the transfer of care of the patient would be:providing pertinent information to hospital staff17
7011544433patient advocacy isspeaking up for your patient18
7011544434Good personality traits are very important to the EMT. You should be:pleasant, cooperative, resourceful, neat/clean, leader, controlled19
7011544435AN EMT who is not in control of personal habits might:contaminate patient's wounds, render improper care, make inappropriate decisions20
7011544436to prevent violating patient confidentiality, the EMT shouldavoid inappropriate conversation with others21
7011544437AN EMT may maintain up-to-date knowledge and skills through continuing educations such as:attending EMS conferences22
7011544438A process of continuous self review of all aspects of an EMS system for the purpose of identifying and correcting aspects of the system that require improvement is called:quality improvement23
7011544439obtaining feedback from patients and hospital staff is a means ofproviding quality improvement24
7011544440Every EMS system should have aMedical DirectorI25
7011544441It is important that each EMT know his or her Med. Director. AN EMT is operating as the Medical Director'sdesignated agent26
7011544442difference between on=line and off-line medical direction is thaton line orders are given by the on-duty physician, usually over radio/phone27
7011544443an example of medication carried by EMTs that may require a physician consultation to administer is:Aspirin28
7011544444AS a new EMT, you will witness many changes in the EMS system and patient care, moving from practices that have been based on _______ to those based on ______tradition; research29
7011544445THe EMT has many jobs to do . It is resp. of EMT to treat patientsin a nonjudgmental and fair manner30
7011544446categories/standards of an EMS system established by the National HIghway Traffic Safety Administrationregulation and policy, resource management, human resources and training, trauma systems, public information and education, communications, transportation, facilities, evaluation, med. direction31
70115444476 types specialty hospitals are:trauma centers, burns c., cardiac c., poison control c., stroke centers, pediatric centers32
70115444484 levels EMS certification:emergency medical responder, EMT, Advanced EMT, PAramedic33
7011544449Specific areas of responsibility for EMT:personal safety, safety of crew, patient, & bystanders, patient assessment, lifting and moving, transport, transfer of care, patient advocacy34

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