Role of EMS/History

What does the acronym EMS stand for

• Emergency Mobile Services

• Emergent Medical Services

• Emergency Medical Services

• Emerge Minor Services

EMS is a coordinated network of professionals that provide

• Long-term medical care

• Short term medical care

• Care for minor injuries

• Pre-hospital medical and trauma care

Where was the first ambulance service in the U.S

• New York City

• Boston

• Chicago

• Pennsylvania

EMS services provided by city or county level government is

• Public EMS

• Private EMS

• Minor emergency clinic

• ER

North Mississippi Ambulance services would be consider a private ambulance service

• True

• False

Ambulances services that come from the fire department would be considered private

• True

• False

Which is NOT a duty of a EMT dispatcher?

• Determining the nature of the emergency

• Give over-the-phone medical advice

• Oxygen administration

• Work 12 hour shifts

Where was the first 9-1-1 call made in the United States?

• Hartford, CT

• Harrisburg, PA

• Haleyville, AL

• Tupelo, MS

An EMT performing lifesaving medical services on a heart

attack patient until the patient is received at the local hospital emergency room is an example of

• Continuous care and transfer

• Bleeding control

• Scope of care

• Best practice

In 1968 this system was designated number to dial in case of an emergency in Washington, DC

• 901

• 662

• 913

• 911