UNIT 6: OVERVIEW OF EMERGENCY SERVICES

An advanced level of pre‐hospital, interhospital, and emergency service care which includes basic life support functions, cardiac monitoring, cardiac defibrillation, telemetric electrocardiography, administration of anti‐arrhythmic agents, intravenous therapy, administration of specific medications, drugs and solutions, use of adjunctive ventilation devices, trauma care and other authorized techniques and procedures.

• BASIC LIFE SUPPORT (BLS)

• Emergency- A life

• Star of Life

• ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT (ALS)

What does the abbreviations MICU and EMD stand for?

• Mobile Intensive Care Unit

• Medical Intensive Care Unit

• Emergency Medical Dispatcher

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The EMD protocols also allow the 9‐1‐1 Officer to (a)  

Medically equipped helicopters which provide air transportation and on‐scene emergency care to patients

• INTER‐HOSPITAL CARE

• AMBULANCE SERVICE

• AEROMEDICAL SERVICE

• HELICOPTER AMBULANCE

What does ALS and BLS stand for?

• Advanced Life Support

• Basic Life Support

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• Basic Living Situations

What is the difference between ALS and BLS?

(a)   is the first element in the EMS system.

What is Telemetry?

• Services utilized in responding to an individual's (EMS) perceived need for immediate medical care to prevent death or aggravation of physiological or psychological illness or injury.

• Specialized electronic communications that transmit an electrocardiogram from the location of the patient to the medical control center in the hospital.

• Services that provide Aeromedical Service emergency care and transportation by roto‐wing aircraft and which are provided to patients.

Agencies that use an ______ in place of an ______ are at risk of losing a negligence lawsuit.

(a)  

True or False:

EMTs are trained and certified to provide basic life

support (BLS). Licensed ambulances are required to

be staffed by EMTs.

• True

• False