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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Key Terms}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT) & Provides both basic and limited advanced medical care and transportation in pre-hospital environments. Can monitor blood glucose levels, initiate IV and IO infusions, and administer some medications \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 10) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) & Protects individuals who have a documented disability from being denied initial or continued employment based on their disability. \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 7) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Community Paramedicine (CP) & services provided by the EMS agency and personnel that are administratively and clinically integrated with other healthcare entities \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 7) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) & Provides immediate lifesaving care to patients while they are waiting for higher level responders to arrive on scene. Uses basic airway, ventilation, and oxygen therapy devices; take vital signs and provides spine stabilization. \tn % Row Count 36 (+ 12) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Key Terms (cont)}} \tn % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) & Provides basic emergency medical care and transportation to patients. Uses more advanced oxygen therapy and ventilation equipment than the EMR, pulse oximetry, use of automatic blood pressure monitoring equipment and limited medication administration \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 13) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} EMS System & Permits patient care to begin at the scene of injury or illness, and extends from time of injury or illness to the time of rehabilitation or discharge. \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 8) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Evidence-based Guidelines (EBG) & Development of medical guidelines based on scientific evidence and research studies \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 5) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} Evidence-based Medicine & Medical practice based on scientific evidence that certain procedures, medications, and equipment improve patient outcome \tn % Row Count 33 (+ 7) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Key Terms (cont)}} \tn % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Direct Medical Oversight & Real-time oversight or medical direction provided by a physician to an EMS provider seeking immediate feedback or direction; can be online or on-scene \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 8) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} Indirect Medical Oversight & The routine duties and responsibilities of the EMS medical director, including the creation of protocols and standing orders \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 7) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Medical Direction & Medical policies, procedures, and practices that are available to EMS providers either off-line or on-line \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 6) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} Medical Director & Physician who is legally responsible for the clinical and patient care aspects of the EMS system \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 5) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Medical Oversight & The medical director's broad responsibilities, including all clinical and administrative functions and activities necessary to exercise ultimate responsibility for the emergency care provided by individual personnel and the entire EMS system. \tn % Row Count 39 (+ 13) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Key Terms (cont)}} \tn % Row 13 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Mobile Integrated Healthcare (MIH) & Provision by a variety of healthcare entities and practitioners of patient-centered health care in the out-of-hospital environment using mobile technology and resources and integrated administratively or clinically with the EMS system \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 12) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{white} Off-Line Medical Direction & Medical policies, procedures, and practices that medical direction has established in written guidelines. \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 6) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} On-Line Medical Direction & Direct orders from a physician to a prehospital care provider given by radio or telephone \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 5) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{white} On-Scene Medical Direction & Medical direction provided by an EMS medical director physician who is on scene with the EMS crew \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 5) % Row 17 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Paramedic & Provides the highest level of prehospital care. Perform advanced patient assessments, forms a field impression, and provides invasive and drug interventions as well as transport. Their care is designed to reduce disability and death of patients. \tn % Row Count 41 (+ 13) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Key Terms (cont)}} \tn % Row 18 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Prehospital Care & Emergency treatment given to patients before they are transported to a hospital or other facility. \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 19 \SetRowColor{white} Protocols & the policies and procedures for all components of an EMS system \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 4) % Row 20 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Quality Improvement (QI) & A system of internal and external reviews and audits of an EMS system to ensure a higher quality of care \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 6) % Row 21 \SetRowColor{white} Standing Orders & Preauthorized treatment procedures; a type of treatment protocol \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{History of EMS}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{The Highway Safety Act of 1966 required each state to establish a highway safety program that met prescribed federal standards and included Emergency Services.} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{The Emergency Medical Services System Act of 1973 provided access to millions of dollars of funding geared toward EMS system planning and implementation, personnel availability and training.} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{In the 1960s, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) procedures were developed, and in the 1970s the American Heart Association began to teach CPR and basic life support to the public.} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{In 1993, the National Registry of EMTs released the National Emergency Medical Services Education and Practice blueprint which defines issues related to EMS training and education and is intended to guide the development of national training.} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 5) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{In 1996, the NHTSA published EMS Agenda for the Future, a document with the intent of making EMS a greater component in the health care system in the US.} \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 4) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{In 2005, the NHTSA and Health Resources and Services Administration published the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, which defines the four levels of EMS licensure and the corresponding knowledge and skills required at each} \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 5) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{In 2006, the Institute of Medicine report, The Future of EMS Care: EMS at the Crossroads, recommended that all state governments adopt a common scope of practice that allows for reciprocity between states, and national certification as a prerequisite for state licensure and local credentialing.} \tn % Row Count 32 (+ 6) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{History of EMS (cont)}} \tn % Row 7 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{In 2014, the National EMS Advisory Council recommended an update to the 1996 EMS Agenda for the Future to pave the way for the industry's continued evolution.} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.52 cm} x{4.48 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Technical Assistance Program Assessment Standards}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Regulation and Policy & Each state must have laws, regulations, policies, and procedures that govern its EMS System \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Resource Management & Each state must have central control of EMS resources so that each locality and all patients have equal access to acceptable emergency care. \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 7) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Human Resources and Training & All personnel who staff ambulances and transport patients must be trained to at least the EMT level. \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 5) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Transportation & Patients must be provided with safe, reliable transportation by ground or air ambulance. \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 4) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Facilities & Each seriously ill or injured patient must be delivered in a timely manner to an appropriate medical facility \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 5) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Communications & A system of communications must be in place to provide public access to the system and communication among the dispatcher, EMS personnel, and the hospital. \tn % Row Count 34 (+ 8) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.52 cm} x{4.48 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Technical Assistance Program Assessment Standards (cont)}} \tn % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Public Information and Education & EMS personnel should participate in programs designed to educate the public in the prevention of injuries and how to properly and appropriately access the EMS system. \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 8) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} Medical Direction & Each EMS System must have a physician as a medical director to provide medical oversight that includes overseeing patient care and delegating appropriate medical practices to EMTs and other EMS personnel. \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 10) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Trauma Systems & Each state must develop a system of specialized care fir trauma patients, including one or more trauma centers and rehabilitation programs, plus systems for assigning and transporting patients to those facilities \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 10) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} Evaluations & Each state must have a quality improvement system for the continual evaluation of and upgrades to the system. \tn % Row Count 33 (+ 5) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.52 cm} x{4.48 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Technical Assistance Program Assessment Standards (cont)}} \tn % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Clinical Quality & The clinical performance if EMS personnel must be of a quality that achieves the set patient outcomes. \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} Service Quality & The performance of the system must be of a quality that meets the needs of the patients, public, and other communities of interest. \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 6) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Economic Efficiency & A demand for high-quality services associated with a reasonable cost is economically more efficient. \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 5) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} Accountability & Accountability ensures the system meets the needs of the patients and the public \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 4) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Improvement & The EMS system must continually strive to improve to deliver better care to the patients. \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 5) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} Resilience & The system must adapt to changes that directly and indirectly affect its operations and stability \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}