Emergency Medicine Simmons

Level of training designed for the person who is often first on the scene

• Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)

• Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)

• Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT)

• Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

What is a EMD?

• Emergency Medical Dispatcher

• Emergent Medical Diagnosis

• Elite Medical Dispatcher

• Emergency Model Diagram

What is EMS

• Emergency Medication Services

• Extra Medical Services

• Elite Medical Services

• Emergency Medical Services

What career performs the most advanced level of pre-hospital care?

• EMT

• AEMT

• Paramedic

• EMD

Which system is used for reporting emergencies via telephone but does not tell location of caller?

• Enchanced 911

• 411

• 911 system

• Star 911

A hospital equipped and staffed to provide care for patients suffering major life-threatening injuries

• Emergency Room

• Trauma Center

• Public Health Department

• any hospital

Requires the minimal level of certification for ambulance personnel.

• Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT)

• Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)

• Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)

• Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

Acute

• Abrupt onset

• Symptoms

• Last a long time

• Happens all the time

Any person who responds to a 911 call (police, firefighter, paramedic)

• Patient Assessment taker

• Patient Advocate

• First Responder

• Public Health worker

Enhanced 911 has the additional capability or automatically identifying the caller's

• location

• insurance carrier

• injury and blood type

• phone number and location