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Class: HSC - Health Professions; Subject: Health Sciences; University: Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College; Term: Forever 1989;
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An EMT or other person authorized by a Medical Director to give medications and provide emergency care. The transfer of such authorization to a designated agent is an extension of the Medical Director's license to practice medicine. TERM 2
DEFINITION 2 Description of medical techniques or practices that are supported by scientific evidence of their safety and efficiency, rather than merely by supposition and tradition. TERM 3
DEFINITION 3 Oversight of the patient-care aspects of an EMS system by the Medical Director. TERM 4
DEFINITION 4 Consists of standing orders issued by the Medical Director that allows EMTs to give certain medications or perform certain procedures without speaking to the Medical Director or another physician. TERM 5
DEFINITION 5 consists of orders given directly by the online physician to an EMT in the field by radio or telephone.
A physician who assumes ultimate responsibility for the patient-care aspects for the EMS system. TERM 7
DEFINITION 7 A system for telephone access to report emergencies. A dispatcher takes the information and alerts EMS or the fire or police departments as needed. TERM 8
DEFINITION 8 Has the additional capability of automatically identifying the caller's phone number and location. TERM 9
DEFINITION 9 The long-term survival of patients. TERM 10
DEFINITION 10 List of steps, such as assessments and interventions, to be taken in different situations. Protocols are developed by the Medical Director of an EMS system.