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Define AXIOM ✔✔Important features that are actually the basis of many of the decision-
making processes in priority dispatch. They differ from rules in that they tell us why, rather
than how, we do things.
What is an Accredited center of excellence (ACE)? ✔✔Center that have achieved compliance
to the highest level of standards as set forth in the Academy's Twenty Point of Accreditation.
Define beach duty ✔✔Breaking a legal or moral obligation
Define Acuity Levels ✔✔Defined non-critical situation that require a preassigned
clinical transport capability as approved.
Define Acute ✔✔Share, severe, or having rapid onset and short course; not chronic.
Define Acute Pulmonary Edema ✔✔Excessive fluid within the lungs or respiratory
system, which causes serious difficulty breathing. May be fatal if untreated.
,Define Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) ✔✔Unified standard for care of
cardiac emergencies including drugs, intubation, and other invasive procedures.
Define Advanced Life Support (ALS) ✔✔Intervention that utilizes cardiac monitoring,
advanced airways, and pharmacology for the treatment of life-threatening emergencies. This
term refers to care given prehospital or in-hospital.
Define Allergy ✔✔Body's over-reaction to generally harmless substances. Allergies are
classified according to how the body cells react to the allergen.
Define Alpha Response ✔✔A response level outlined in the due protocol as sending the
closest basic life support unit COLD.
Define Amputation ✔✔Traumatic or surgical removal of a part of the body, often
a leg,arm,finger, or toe.
Define Anaphylactic Shock (Anaphylaxis) ✔✔Decreased tissue perfusion occuring when
the body is exposed to a substance (antigen) that causes a severe allergic
Define Angina ✔✔Spasmodic choking or suffocative pain. Almost exclusively used to
denote angina pectoris, which refers to a heart-related chest pain.
,Define Appendicitis ✔✔Inflammation and infection of the appendix resulting in abdominal
pain, nausea, and fever. Treated surgically. Not a prehosp
Define AQUA (Advanced Quality Assurance) Software ✔✔Computer software based on
the MPDS protocols utilizing expert system logic and quality assurance data analysis.
Define Call Screening ✔✔Process whereby trained dispatchers take request for emergency
services and prioritize the response of EMS resources to the most critical need. Always
includes the option of ''no response'' or ''no sending.''
Define Cardiac Arrest ✔✔Sudden cessation of heart functions or blood-pumping
ability universally resulting in death unless reversed by resuscitation.
Define Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) ✔✔Maintenance of cerebral perfusion during
cardiac arrest, by the performance of closed-chest cardiac massage in conjunction with
mouth-to-mouth (or similar variation) ventilation. This procedure can be performed with one
or two persons.
Define Central Dispatch ✔✔Consolidation of dispatch services for multiple public-safety
services into a single dispatch entity. Often includes police,fire,EMS, and, at times, aero-medical
functions.
Define Chain Of Survival ✔✔A universal response for action in sudden cardiac arrest having
five links:
, (1) immediate recognition of cardiac arrest and activation of the emergency response system;
(2) early CPR to help maintain blood flow to the brain.
(3) rapid defibrillation, which is only way to restart a heart in sudden cardiac arrest;
(4) effective advanced cardiovascular life support; and
(5) integrated post-cardiac arrest care on-scene and during transport to the hospital.
Define Chief Complaint Protocols ✔✔Problem-specific MPDS protocols, Chief complaint
protocols function as a secondary interrogation and contain Key Questions, Determinant
Descriptors, Post-Dispatch Instructions, Critical EMD Information, Dispatch Life Support Links.
Define Chronic ✔✔Disease or disorder that persists for long periods of time.
Define Chronic Bronchitis ✔✔Excess release of mucus in the bronchi accompanied by a
productive cough lasting for at least 3 months. Causative factors include cigarette smoking,
air pollution, and chronic infections.
Define Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ✔✔Disease process that decreases the
pulmonary system's ability to perform ventilation. Chronic diseases responsible for this
condition include persistent dyspnea on exertion (with or without cough.) Increased chest
diameter and pursed-lip breathing are often seen in patients with more advanced forms of
this condition. Also, known as chronic obstructive lung disease, COAD, or COPD.
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