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American Red Cross, EMR- UNIT 1 Chapter 1, The Emergency Medical Responder
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American Red Cross, EMR- UNIT 1:Chapter 1, The Emergency Medical
Responder
A multi-tiered, nationwide system. - ANSWER-The EMS system is best described as...
act as an EMR. - ANSWER-A paramedic would be least likely to...
Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT) - ANSWER-A person trained to give
basic and limited advanced emergency medical care and transportation for critical and
emergent patients who access the emergency medical services (EMS) system.
An EMR's responsibilities are to ensure... - ANSWER-safety, gain safe access to the
patient, determine threats to the patient's life, summon more advanced medical
personnel and assist them as needed, and provide needed care for the patient.
An EMR's secondary responsibilities include... - ANSWER-summoning additional help,
controlling or direction bystanders or asking them for help, protect bystanders from
dangers if necessary, recording and documenting what you saw and did at the scene,
reassuring the patient's family or friends.
As an EMR, you have to responsibility to control... - ANSWER-your fears, present a
professional appearance, keep your knowledge and skills up-to date, and maintain a
safe and healthy lifestyle.
Certification - ANSWER-Achieved by obtaining and maintaining the National EMS/state
certification, taking an approved EMS course and meeting other requirements; this does
not grant the right to practice as licensure may in some states.
component of an effective EMS system. - ANSWER-Medical Direction is considered a...
Criminal implications may arise for you if... - ANSWER-you perform procedures that ore
outside of what you are trained to do, what you are certified as competent to do, what
you are legally licensed to do, or what you have been credentialed to do.
Direct medical control - ANSWER-A type if medical direction, also called "on-line",
"base-station, "immediate", or "concurrent medical control";
under this type of medical direction, the physician speaks directly with emergency care
providers at the scene of an emergency.
Emergency medical responder (EMR) - ANSWER-A person trained in emergency care
who may be called on to give such care as a routine part of his or her job until more
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