Exam 2: Ems Systems

The physician in the 1800s, armed with only limited experience and even more limited education-or no formal education at all-dealt largely with ____.

The predominant means of delivering EMS in the United States is via ____.

Currently, the majority of health care is provided on a fee for service basis, or pay as you go, with a certain amount of medical care provided gratis to the poor or uninsured.

____ is the founder of the American Red Cross.

The ____ defines and divides EMS into four groupings.

The ____ has placed conditions upon all healthcare providers that protect patient privacy during claims processing, data analysis, utilization review, quality assurance, and practice management.

A(n) ____________________ is a logic tree that simply states: if this, then do that; if not this, then do this other thing.

The United States Public Health Service (PHS) consists of five agencies.

During the early and mid-1900s, scientists used ____ to identify the sources of many infectious diseases and developed crude but effective treatments.

The ____ delineated the 15 aspects of an EMS system that needed improvement including education (both public as well as provider), improved communications (including public access), and system evaluation but offered little money to help make those improvements.

The federal Public Health Service evolved out of the need for health care for the maritime fleet.

The physician's authority is exerted through a written set of instructions, called ____.

The credit for the concept of the modern ambulance is generally given to Clara Barton.

Medical oversight is present whenever a physician is involved in the quality assurance/quality improvement process and provides direction, either in the form of protocols or education, to Paramedics.

The ____ is an EMS provider who is expected to render lifesaving care with minimal equipment.

The fundamental mission of EMS is exemplified in the ____________________ of life.

In 1960, Asmund S. Laerdal, a Norwegian dollmaker, created the first "resusci-annie," a manikin for CPR practice.

A(n) ____ provides payments to healthcare providers at a negotiated annual per capita rate.

The Public Health Service roots can be traced to the creation of the United States Public Health Service in 1879.

The evolution of EMS in the healthcare system prompted the development of an EMS Agenda for the Future that establishes a clear vision for the future of EMS.