PMED 1 Exam Questions & Answers 2024/2025
ambulance volante - ANSWERSflying ambulances, mobile
Inner EMS system - ANSWERS-community members trained in CPR
access to emergency dispatch and communication
-Fire/EMS
-Law enforcement
-power/ gas companies
-other resources (poison control, ...
ambulance volante - ANSWERSflying ambulances, mobile
Inner EMS system - ANSWERS-community members trained in CPR
access to emergency dispatch and communication
-Fire/EMS
-Law enforcement
-power/ gas companies
-other resources (poison control, CHEMTREC, etc.
Outer EMS system components - ANSWERS-ER Nurses
-PA/MD
-Radiology
-Respiratory
-Social workers
-mental health specialists
-rehab
First civilian ambulance - ANSWERS1860
CPR deemed successful - ANSWERS1960
Accidental death and disability: the neglected disease of modern society - ANSWERS1966, pointed out
the flaws of the current EMS system, suggested guidelines
EMS systems act - ANSWERSgave federal funding to EMS departments
, 15 components required for EMS funding - ANSWERSmanpower training communications,
transportation, emergency facilities, critical care units, public safety agencies, standardized record
keeping, public info and education, QI, disaster management plans, mutual aide
**system financing and medical direction
Statewide EMS technical assessment program - ANSWERSNHTSA, 1988
defines elements necessary to all EMS systems
e.g. regulation, resource management, training, HR, medical direction, etc.
EMS for children - ANSWERSInstitute of medicine, 1993
points out deficiencies in peds emergency care in the US
EMS agenda for the future - ANSWERSNHTSA, 1996
examined what was learned in the past three years of EMS, looked to the future. proposed continued
development
e.g. EMS research, legislation and regulation, HR, medical direction, public education, clinical care, etc.
EMS: at the crossroads - ANSWERSNational Academies Institute of Medicine, 2006
evaluation of EMS in the US, found significant problems at the federal level (e.g. coordination)
The National Report card on the state of emergency medicine: evaluating the environment of Emergency
are systems, state by state - ANSWERSAmerican College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), 2006
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