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Advanced EMT IAEMT)
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An individual who has training in specific aspects of advanced life support, such as intravenous therapy, and the administration of certain emergency medications.
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Advanced life support (ALS)
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Advanced lifesaving procedures, some of which are now being provided by the EMT.
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
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Comprehensive legistlation that is designed to protect individuals with disabilities against discrimination.
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Automated external defibrillator (AED)
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A device that detects treatable life threatening cardiac arrythmias (ventrical fibrillation and ventrical tachycardia) and delivers the appropriate electrical shock to the patient.
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Certification
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A process in which a person, an institution or a program is evaluated and recognized as meeting certain pre-determined standards to provide safe and ethical care.
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Continuous quality improvement (CQI)
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A system of internal and external reviews and audits of all aspects of an EMS system
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Emergency medical dispatch (EMD)
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A System that assists dispatchers in selecting appropriate units to respond to a particular call for assistance and in providing callers with vital instructions until the arrival of EMS crews.
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Emergency Medical Responder ( EMR)
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The first trained individual, such as police officer, fire fighter, lifeguard, or other rescuer, to arrive at the scene of an emergency to provide initial medical assistance
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Emergency medical services (EMS)
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A multidisciplinary system that represents the combined efforts of several professionals and agencies to provide pre-hospital emergency care to the sick and injured.
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Emergency medical technician (EMT)
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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.
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
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Federal legislation passed in 1996. It's main effect in EMS is in limiting availability of patients' health care information and penalizing violations of patient privacy.
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Intravenous (IV) therapy
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The delivery of medication directly into a vein
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Licensure
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The process whereby a state allows individuals to perform a regulated act
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Medical control
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Physician instructions that are given directly by radio (online/direct) or indirectly by protocols/guidelines (off-line/indirect) as authorized by the medical director of the service program.
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Medical director
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The physician who authorizes or delegates to the EMT the authority to provide medical care in the field.
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