TERM 1
Designated Agent
DEFINITION 1
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
Evidence-Based
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
Medical Direction
DEFINITION 3
Oversight of the patient-care aspects of an EMS system by
the Medical Director.
TERM 4
Off-Line Medical Direction
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
On-Line Medical Direction
DEFINITION 5
consists of orders given directly by the online physician to an
EMT in the field by radio or telephone.
