Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) - ✔✔training level to be the first responder to most calls
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) - ✔✔grouping of medical providers from 911 to the emergency
department
Public Safety Answering - ✔✔location where emergency calls are answered
Emergency Medical Dispatcher - ✔✔person who is trained to answer and prioritize emergency calls
Emergency Medical Technician - ✔✔minimum training level to staff an ambulance
Advanced EMT - ✔✔level of advanced training to start IVs and intubate
Paramedic - ✔✔highest level of nationally recognized training
Community Paramedic - ✔✔a paramedic with additional training who performs healthcare in peoples
homes that traditionally would be done in a doctors office or hospital
Trauma Center - ✔✔hospital specialized in trauma care
Pediatric Center - ✔✔hospital specializing in pediatric care
Burn Center - ✔✔hospital specialized in burn care
Cardiovascular Center - ✔✔hospital specialized in cardiovascular care
,Stroke Center - ✔✔hospital specialized in stroke care
Professionalism - ✔✔treating others as you want to be treated
Quality Improvement - ✔✔a dynamic system for continually evaluating and improving all aspects of an
EMS agency
Tiered Response - ✔✔system where EMT and paramedics respond separately
Cover - ✔✔a defensive position that hides your body, offering protection
Concealment - ✔✔a defensive position that hides your body but offers no protection
Distraction - ✔✔utilizing items to block or disorient an aggressor
Retreat - ✔✔moving away from danger
Hazardous Material - ✔✔substances that are harmful to health
Place Cards - ✔✔signs that indicating a type of hazardous material in a container
Carbon Monoxide - ✔✔odorless gas that is harmful to ones health
Standard - ✔✔contact precautions to prevent the spread of diseases
Body Fluids - ✔✔blood, saliva, urine, and other substances produced by the body
Airborne Droplets - ✔✔particulate matters suspended in respiratory secretions
, Infection - ✔✔organisms invading the immune system causing illness
Vaccination - ✔✔injection that helps prevent diseases and illness
Pathogens - ✔✔disease causing agents
Personal Protective Equipment - ✔✔equipment used to prevent diseases
High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) - ✔✔respirator or mask that filters ultra fine particles in air
Bacteria - ✔✔Organism causing infection
Exposure - ✔✔contact with a substance
Needle Stick - ✔✔accidental penetration of a needle
Decay - ✔✔degrading of the skin and organs
Rigor Mortis - ✔✔Stiffening of muscles and joints after death
Decapitation - ✔✔injury causing separation of the head and neck
Body Mechanics - ✔✔proper use of the body to life
Bariatric Patient - ✔✔a patient who is extremely over weight or obese
Emergency Moves - ✔✔moves done in extreme life or death or life threatening conditions
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