![]() ![]() every 3 years resubmit for recertification (40 hours of continuing educ. Local level: Medical director decides day-to-day limits of EMS personnel State level: Laws regulate EMS provider operations ![]() Federal level: National EMS Scope of Practice Model provides guidelines for EMS skills National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) EMS care is governed and part of the Department of Transportation DOT (Department of Transportation) published first EMT training curriculum in early EMS as we know it originated in 1966 with the publication of Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society Rapid helicopter evacuation in Korean conflict Origins include: volunteer ambulances in WW1, field care in WW2, field medic and administration of certain emergency medications has training in ALS (advanced life support) including: Most states have four training and licensure levels: Incontinence- lack of voluntary control over urination or defecation EMS Systems Syncope- temporary loss of consciousness, or fainting Hematoma- collection of blood outside of a blood vesselĪneurysm- localized enlargement of an artery caused by a weakening in the artery wall Ischemia- inadequate blood supply to a part of the body Cunningham Mary Ann Cunningham)ĮMT Basic Final Exam Study Guide Key Terms
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