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EMT Scope of Practice & Professionalism
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Serves to maintain, update, and expand an EMT's knowledge and skills in prehospital
care.
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1Professionalism 2Mobile Integrated Healthcare (MIH)
3EMT Candidate Conviction 4Continuing Education
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Emergency Medical Technician; able to assist with prescribed medications, insert
EMT
IV lines, administer epinephrine, and interpret ECG rhythms.
Required for EMTs to insert IV catheters, use pulse oximeters, automatic ventilators,
Special Permission
and administer aspirin to chest pain patients.
Demonstrated by being nonjudgmental, compassionate, and respectful towards
Professionalism
frightened, demanding, or unpleasant patients.
Paramedic EMS provider with extensive training in advanced life support (ALS) beyond EMT level.
Serves to maintain, update, and expand an EMT's knowledge and skills in
Continuing Education
prehospital care.
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Emergency Medical Responders like firefighters, law enforcement officers, and park
EMRs
rangers who assist paramedics and initiate ALS procedures.
EMS Origins Trace back to 1966 with the publication of 'Emergency Medical Services Act.'
Claims of terminating ventricular fibrillation on the first shock 95% of the time should
Defibrillator Claim
be critically evaluated.
EMT Candidate Conviction Conviction of a felony or misdemeanor may disqualify an EMT candidate from licensure.
CQI Process Designed to identify areas of improvement and provide remedial training in EMS.
Prompt surgical care in the hospital is prioritized over time-consuming field procedures
Surgical Care vs. Field Procedures
for major trauma patients.
Ensures EMTs are competent and have the same level of knowledge and skills
EMT Certification Exam
for licensure.
Typically regulated by the state office of EMS to maintain standards in prehospital
Regulation of EMS
emergency care.
Includes lifting capacity, immunization, college credits, and CPR certification for EMT
Licensing Criteria
licensure.
A system of health care professionals providing emergency care and transportation to
EMS Description
the sick and injured.
Knowledge-Based Failure Example includes administering the wrong drug due to lack of pertinent information.
Mobile Integrated Healthcare (MIH) Specific example involves EMTs assessing a patient with exacerbated lung disease.
Includes community programs on drinking and driving dangers to prevent
Primary Prevention Strategy
emergencies.
Involves securing airways with supraglottic devices, a skill included at every level
Administration of ALS
of prehospital emergency training.
Oral glucose for hypoglycemia Administration of glucose by mouth to treat low blood sugar levels
The use of an automated device to deliver an electric shock to restore normal heart
Automated external defibrillation
rhythm
Intranasal medication administration Delivery of medication through the nose into the bloodstream
Use of a manually triggered ventilator Operating a ventilator by hand to assist with breathing
The ADA prohibits employers from failing to Correct statement regarding the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990
provide full and equal employment to those
who are disabled.
An EMT's scope of practice may be Correct statement regarding the EMS medical director and an EMT's scope of practice
expanded by the medical director after
proper training and state approval.
The NREMT provides a national standard for Correct statement regarding the NREMT
EMS testing.
Off-line Type of medical direction described by standing orders and protocols
Additional information and evidence indicate Reason for updating prehospital emergency care guidelines on a regular basis
that the effectiveness of certain
interventions has changed.
Advise them that their son had severely Appropriate response when parents demand to see their deceased child with
disfiguring injuries and ask them if there is disfiguring injuries
anyone they would like you to contact
first.
Retreat and notify law enforcement Appropriate action when a family member becomes verbally abusive and
personnel. physically aggressive after a death at home
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