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Paramedic Care Principles amp PracticeVolume 1 5e
Chapter 2EMS Systems
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Multimedia Directory
Slide 73Ambulance Service Video
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Standardbull Preparatory (EMS Systems)
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Competencybull Integrates comprehensive knowledge of EMS
systems the safety and well-being of the paramedic and medical-legal and ethical issues which is intended to improve the health of EMS personnel patients and the community
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Introductionbull Out-of-Hospital Components
ndash Community members trained in first aid and CPRndash Communications systemndash EMS providers including paramedicsndash Firerescue hazardous-materials services
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Introductionbull Out-of-Hospital Components
ndash Law enforcement officersndash Public utilitiesndash Resource centers
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Introductionbull In-Hospital Components
ndash Emergency nursesndash Advanced-practice providersndash Emergency and specialty physiciansndash Ancillary servicesndash Social workersndash Mental health providersndash Rehabilitation services
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Introductionbull EMS operation begins with citizen activation
bull EMS dispatch responsible forndash Collecting informationndash Sending staffed and equipped unitndash Providing prearrival instructions
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Introductionbull First EMS provider to respond
ndash Police officerndash Firefighterndash Lifeguardndash Teacherndash EMR-trained community member
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Introductionbull Dispatcher will send
ndash EMT-level or paramedic level ambulancendash Tiered response multiple levels of emergency care
personnel to same incidentndash Paramedic personnel to every incident regardless of
level of care needed
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Introductionbull EMS providers decide on
ndash Medical facilityndash Type of care neededndash Transport timendash Local protocols
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History of EMSbull Most significant advances in EMS during last 50
years
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Table 2ndash1 An EMS Timeline (1 of 5)
1797Napoleonrsquos chief physician implements a prehospital system designed to triage and transport the injured from the field to aid stations
1860s Civilian ambulance services begin in Cincinnati and New York City
1891 Dr Friedrich Maass performs the first equivocally documented chest compression in humans
1915 First-known air medical transport occurs during the retreat of the Serbian army from Albania
1920 First volunteer rescue squads organize in Roanoke Virginia and along the New Jersey coast
1947 Claude Beck develops first defibrillator and first human saved with defibrillation
1958 Dr Peter Safar demonstrates the efficacy of mouth-to-mouth ventilation
1960 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is shown to be efficacious
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (2 of 5)
1965J Frank Pantridge converts an ambulance into a mobile coronary care unit with a portable defibrillator and recorded ten prehospital resuscitations with a 50 percent long-term survival rate
1966The National Academy of Sciences National Research Council publishes Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society
1966 Highway Safety Act of 1966 establishes the Emergency Medical Services Program in the Department of Transportation
1967 Star of Life is patented by the American Medical Association1968 ATampT designates 911 as its new national emergency number1970 National Registry of EMTs is founded1970 Television show Emergency debuts on NBC
1972 Department of Health Education and Welfare allocates $16 million to EMS demonstration programs in five states
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (3 of 5)
1973
The Emergency Medical Services Systems (EMSS) Act provides additional federal guidelines and funding for the development of regional EMS systems the law establishes 15 components of EMS systems
1975 National Association of EMTs is organized1979 First automated external defibrillators (AEDs) become available
1981The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act consolidates EMS funding into state preventive health and health services block grants and eliminates funding under the EMSS Act
1981 Prehospital trauma life support (PHTLS) is developed
1981 International trauma life support (ITLS) formerly basic trauma life support (BTLS) is developed
1984The EMS for Children program under the Public Health Act provides funds for enhancing the EMS system to better serve pediatric patients
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (4 of 5)
1985National Research Council publishes Injury in America A Continuing Public Health Problem describing deficiencies in the progress of addressing the problem of accidental death and disability
1988The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration initiates the Statewide EMS Technical Assessment program based on ten key components of EMS systems
1990The Trauma Care Systems and Development Act encourages development of inclusive trauma systems and provides funding to states for trauma system planning implementation and evaluation
1993The Institute of Medicine publishes Emergency Medical Services for Children which points out deficiencies in our health care systemrsquos ability to address the emergency medical needs of pediatric patients
1995 Congress does not reauthorize funding under the Trauma Care Systems and Development Act
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (5 of 5)
1999 President Clinton signs bill designating 911 as national emergency number
2003 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) becomes effective strictly regulating the flow of confidential information
2006The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration publishes Emergency Medical Services Agenda for the Future to guide the development of EMS in the United States in the twenty-first century
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ancient tabletsndash Step-by-step instructions for patient carendash How to create medications
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Code of Hammurabi governed criminal and civil matters regulation of medical fees and penalties
ndash Out-of-hospital care transportndash Dominique-Jean Larrey (Napoleons chief surgeon)
first prehospital system using triage and transport
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ambulances in US nineteenth centuryndash Nurse Clara Barton organized triage and transport
during Civil Warndash First civilian ambulance 1860 in Cincinnatindash Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan (1869) began to
operate ambulance service
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash WWI high mortality rate of soldiers associated with evacuation time
ndash WWII transport to echelons (levels) of care createdndash Hospitals experimented with placing physician interns
on ambulances
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash Korean War helicopters moved injured to mobile army surgical hospitals (MASHs)
ndash Set stage for trauma system in USndash 1956 mouth-to-mouth resuscitation ndash 1959 portable defibrillatorndash 1960 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
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Figure 2-2 Medical evacuation helicopters colloquially called ldquoDustoffrdquo saved many lives during the Vietnam War(Dust off copy Joe Kline Aviation Art)
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1966 Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society (White Paper)
ndash Guidelines for Development of EMS systems Training of prehospital emergency medical providers Upgrading of ambulances and equipment
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1970 National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians established
ndash 1972 television show Emergency public attention to prehospital care
ndash 1973 Emergency Medical Services Systems Act
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Manpowerndash Trainingndash Communicationsndash Transportationndash Emergency facilities
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Critical care unitsndash Public safety agenciesndash Consumer participationndash Access to carendash Patient transfer
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Standardized record keepingndash Public information and educationndash System review and evaluationndash Disaster management plansndash Mutual aid
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Regulation and policyndash Resources managementndash Human resources and trainingndash Transportationndash Facilities
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Communicationsndash Trauma systemsndash Public information and educationndash Medical directionndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1980s Helicopter air ambulances (HAA) developedndash 1996 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) published EMS Agenda for the Future
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Integration of health servicesndash EMS researchndash Legislation and regulationndash System financendash Human resourcesndash Medical directionndash Education systems
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Public educationndash Preventionndash Public accessndash Communication systemsndash Clinical carendash Information systemsndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Multimedia Directory
Slide 73Ambulance Service Video
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Standardbull Preparatory (EMS Systems)
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Competencybull Integrates comprehensive knowledge of EMS
systems the safety and well-being of the paramedic and medical-legal and ethical issues which is intended to improve the health of EMS personnel patients and the community
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Introductionbull Out-of-Hospital Components
ndash Community members trained in first aid and CPRndash Communications systemndash EMS providers including paramedicsndash Firerescue hazardous-materials services
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Introductionbull Out-of-Hospital Components
ndash Law enforcement officersndash Public utilitiesndash Resource centers
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Introductionbull In-Hospital Components
ndash Emergency nursesndash Advanced-practice providersndash Emergency and specialty physiciansndash Ancillary servicesndash Social workersndash Mental health providersndash Rehabilitation services
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Introductionbull EMS operation begins with citizen activation
bull EMS dispatch responsible forndash Collecting informationndash Sending staffed and equipped unitndash Providing prearrival instructions
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Introductionbull First EMS provider to respond
ndash Police officerndash Firefighterndash Lifeguardndash Teacherndash EMR-trained community member
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Introductionbull Dispatcher will send
ndash EMT-level or paramedic level ambulancendash Tiered response multiple levels of emergency care
personnel to same incidentndash Paramedic personnel to every incident regardless of
level of care needed
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Introductionbull EMS providers decide on
ndash Medical facilityndash Type of care neededndash Transport timendash Local protocols
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History of EMSbull Most significant advances in EMS during last 50
years
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Table 2ndash1 An EMS Timeline (1 of 5)
1797Napoleonrsquos chief physician implements a prehospital system designed to triage and transport the injured from the field to aid stations
1860s Civilian ambulance services begin in Cincinnati and New York City
1891 Dr Friedrich Maass performs the first equivocally documented chest compression in humans
1915 First-known air medical transport occurs during the retreat of the Serbian army from Albania
1920 First volunteer rescue squads organize in Roanoke Virginia and along the New Jersey coast
1947 Claude Beck develops first defibrillator and first human saved with defibrillation
1958 Dr Peter Safar demonstrates the efficacy of mouth-to-mouth ventilation
1960 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is shown to be efficacious
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (2 of 5)
1965J Frank Pantridge converts an ambulance into a mobile coronary care unit with a portable defibrillator and recorded ten prehospital resuscitations with a 50 percent long-term survival rate
1966The National Academy of Sciences National Research Council publishes Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society
1966 Highway Safety Act of 1966 establishes the Emergency Medical Services Program in the Department of Transportation
1967 Star of Life is patented by the American Medical Association1968 ATampT designates 911 as its new national emergency number1970 National Registry of EMTs is founded1970 Television show Emergency debuts on NBC
1972 Department of Health Education and Welfare allocates $16 million to EMS demonstration programs in five states
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (3 of 5)
1973
The Emergency Medical Services Systems (EMSS) Act provides additional federal guidelines and funding for the development of regional EMS systems the law establishes 15 components of EMS systems
1975 National Association of EMTs is organized1979 First automated external defibrillators (AEDs) become available
1981The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act consolidates EMS funding into state preventive health and health services block grants and eliminates funding under the EMSS Act
1981 Prehospital trauma life support (PHTLS) is developed
1981 International trauma life support (ITLS) formerly basic trauma life support (BTLS) is developed
1984The EMS for Children program under the Public Health Act provides funds for enhancing the EMS system to better serve pediatric patients
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (4 of 5)
1985National Research Council publishes Injury in America A Continuing Public Health Problem describing deficiencies in the progress of addressing the problem of accidental death and disability
1988The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration initiates the Statewide EMS Technical Assessment program based on ten key components of EMS systems
1990The Trauma Care Systems and Development Act encourages development of inclusive trauma systems and provides funding to states for trauma system planning implementation and evaluation
1993The Institute of Medicine publishes Emergency Medical Services for Children which points out deficiencies in our health care systemrsquos ability to address the emergency medical needs of pediatric patients
1995 Congress does not reauthorize funding under the Trauma Care Systems and Development Act
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (5 of 5)
1999 President Clinton signs bill designating 911 as national emergency number
2003 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) becomes effective strictly regulating the flow of confidential information
2006The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration publishes Emergency Medical Services Agenda for the Future to guide the development of EMS in the United States in the twenty-first century
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ancient tabletsndash Step-by-step instructions for patient carendash How to create medications
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Code of Hammurabi governed criminal and civil matters regulation of medical fees and penalties
ndash Out-of-hospital care transportndash Dominique-Jean Larrey (Napoleons chief surgeon)
first prehospital system using triage and transport
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ambulances in US nineteenth centuryndash Nurse Clara Barton organized triage and transport
during Civil Warndash First civilian ambulance 1860 in Cincinnatindash Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan (1869) began to
operate ambulance service
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash WWI high mortality rate of soldiers associated with evacuation time
ndash WWII transport to echelons (levels) of care createdndash Hospitals experimented with placing physician interns
on ambulances
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash Korean War helicopters moved injured to mobile army surgical hospitals (MASHs)
ndash Set stage for trauma system in USndash 1956 mouth-to-mouth resuscitation ndash 1959 portable defibrillatorndash 1960 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
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Figure 2-2 Medical evacuation helicopters colloquially called ldquoDustoffrdquo saved many lives during the Vietnam War(Dust off copy Joe Kline Aviation Art)
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1966 Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society (White Paper)
ndash Guidelines for Development of EMS systems Training of prehospital emergency medical providers Upgrading of ambulances and equipment
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1970 National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians established
ndash 1972 television show Emergency public attention to prehospital care
ndash 1973 Emergency Medical Services Systems Act
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Manpowerndash Trainingndash Communicationsndash Transportationndash Emergency facilities
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Critical care unitsndash Public safety agenciesndash Consumer participationndash Access to carendash Patient transfer
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Standardized record keepingndash Public information and educationndash System review and evaluationndash Disaster management plansndash Mutual aid
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Regulation and policyndash Resources managementndash Human resources and trainingndash Transportationndash Facilities
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Communicationsndash Trauma systemsndash Public information and educationndash Medical directionndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1980s Helicopter air ambulances (HAA) developedndash 1996 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) published EMS Agenda for the Future
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Integration of health servicesndash EMS researchndash Legislation and regulationndash System financendash Human resourcesndash Medical directionndash Education systems
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Public educationndash Preventionndash Public accessndash Communication systemsndash Clinical carendash Information systemsndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Standardbull Preparatory (EMS Systems)
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Competencybull Integrates comprehensive knowledge of EMS
systems the safety and well-being of the paramedic and medical-legal and ethical issues which is intended to improve the health of EMS personnel patients and the community
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Introductionbull Out-of-Hospital Components
ndash Community members trained in first aid and CPRndash Communications systemndash EMS providers including paramedicsndash Firerescue hazardous-materials services
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Introductionbull Out-of-Hospital Components
ndash Law enforcement officersndash Public utilitiesndash Resource centers
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Introductionbull In-Hospital Components
ndash Emergency nursesndash Advanced-practice providersndash Emergency and specialty physiciansndash Ancillary servicesndash Social workersndash Mental health providersndash Rehabilitation services
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Introductionbull EMS operation begins with citizen activation
bull EMS dispatch responsible forndash Collecting informationndash Sending staffed and equipped unitndash Providing prearrival instructions
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Introductionbull First EMS provider to respond
ndash Police officerndash Firefighterndash Lifeguardndash Teacherndash EMR-trained community member
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Introductionbull Dispatcher will send
ndash EMT-level or paramedic level ambulancendash Tiered response multiple levels of emergency care
personnel to same incidentndash Paramedic personnel to every incident regardless of
level of care needed
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Introductionbull EMS providers decide on
ndash Medical facilityndash Type of care neededndash Transport timendash Local protocols
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History of EMSbull Most significant advances in EMS during last 50
years
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Table 2ndash1 An EMS Timeline (1 of 5)
1797Napoleonrsquos chief physician implements a prehospital system designed to triage and transport the injured from the field to aid stations
1860s Civilian ambulance services begin in Cincinnati and New York City
1891 Dr Friedrich Maass performs the first equivocally documented chest compression in humans
1915 First-known air medical transport occurs during the retreat of the Serbian army from Albania
1920 First volunteer rescue squads organize in Roanoke Virginia and along the New Jersey coast
1947 Claude Beck develops first defibrillator and first human saved with defibrillation
1958 Dr Peter Safar demonstrates the efficacy of mouth-to-mouth ventilation
1960 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is shown to be efficacious
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (2 of 5)
1965J Frank Pantridge converts an ambulance into a mobile coronary care unit with a portable defibrillator and recorded ten prehospital resuscitations with a 50 percent long-term survival rate
1966The National Academy of Sciences National Research Council publishes Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society
1966 Highway Safety Act of 1966 establishes the Emergency Medical Services Program in the Department of Transportation
1967 Star of Life is patented by the American Medical Association1968 ATampT designates 911 as its new national emergency number1970 National Registry of EMTs is founded1970 Television show Emergency debuts on NBC
1972 Department of Health Education and Welfare allocates $16 million to EMS demonstration programs in five states
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (3 of 5)
1973
The Emergency Medical Services Systems (EMSS) Act provides additional federal guidelines and funding for the development of regional EMS systems the law establishes 15 components of EMS systems
1975 National Association of EMTs is organized1979 First automated external defibrillators (AEDs) become available
1981The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act consolidates EMS funding into state preventive health and health services block grants and eliminates funding under the EMSS Act
1981 Prehospital trauma life support (PHTLS) is developed
1981 International trauma life support (ITLS) formerly basic trauma life support (BTLS) is developed
1984The EMS for Children program under the Public Health Act provides funds for enhancing the EMS system to better serve pediatric patients
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (4 of 5)
1985National Research Council publishes Injury in America A Continuing Public Health Problem describing deficiencies in the progress of addressing the problem of accidental death and disability
1988The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration initiates the Statewide EMS Technical Assessment program based on ten key components of EMS systems
1990The Trauma Care Systems and Development Act encourages development of inclusive trauma systems and provides funding to states for trauma system planning implementation and evaluation
1993The Institute of Medicine publishes Emergency Medical Services for Children which points out deficiencies in our health care systemrsquos ability to address the emergency medical needs of pediatric patients
1995 Congress does not reauthorize funding under the Trauma Care Systems and Development Act
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (5 of 5)
1999 President Clinton signs bill designating 911 as national emergency number
2003 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) becomes effective strictly regulating the flow of confidential information
2006The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration publishes Emergency Medical Services Agenda for the Future to guide the development of EMS in the United States in the twenty-first century
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ancient tabletsndash Step-by-step instructions for patient carendash How to create medications
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Code of Hammurabi governed criminal and civil matters regulation of medical fees and penalties
ndash Out-of-hospital care transportndash Dominique-Jean Larrey (Napoleons chief surgeon)
first prehospital system using triage and transport
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ambulances in US nineteenth centuryndash Nurse Clara Barton organized triage and transport
during Civil Warndash First civilian ambulance 1860 in Cincinnatindash Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan (1869) began to
operate ambulance service
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash WWI high mortality rate of soldiers associated with evacuation time
ndash WWII transport to echelons (levels) of care createdndash Hospitals experimented with placing physician interns
on ambulances
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash Korean War helicopters moved injured to mobile army surgical hospitals (MASHs)
ndash Set stage for trauma system in USndash 1956 mouth-to-mouth resuscitation ndash 1959 portable defibrillatorndash 1960 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
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Figure 2-2 Medical evacuation helicopters colloquially called ldquoDustoffrdquo saved many lives during the Vietnam War(Dust off copy Joe Kline Aviation Art)
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1966 Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society (White Paper)
ndash Guidelines for Development of EMS systems Training of prehospital emergency medical providers Upgrading of ambulances and equipment
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1970 National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians established
ndash 1972 television show Emergency public attention to prehospital care
ndash 1973 Emergency Medical Services Systems Act
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Manpowerndash Trainingndash Communicationsndash Transportationndash Emergency facilities
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Critical care unitsndash Public safety agenciesndash Consumer participationndash Access to carendash Patient transfer
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Standardized record keepingndash Public information and educationndash System review and evaluationndash Disaster management plansndash Mutual aid
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Regulation and policyndash Resources managementndash Human resources and trainingndash Transportationndash Facilities
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Communicationsndash Trauma systemsndash Public information and educationndash Medical directionndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1980s Helicopter air ambulances (HAA) developedndash 1996 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) published EMS Agenda for the Future
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Integration of health servicesndash EMS researchndash Legislation and regulationndash System financendash Human resourcesndash Medical directionndash Education systems
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Public educationndash Preventionndash Public accessndash Communication systemsndash Clinical carendash Information systemsndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Competencybull Integrates comprehensive knowledge of EMS
systems the safety and well-being of the paramedic and medical-legal and ethical issues which is intended to improve the health of EMS personnel patients and the community
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Introductionbull Out-of-Hospital Components
ndash Community members trained in first aid and CPRndash Communications systemndash EMS providers including paramedicsndash Firerescue hazardous-materials services
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Introductionbull Out-of-Hospital Components
ndash Law enforcement officersndash Public utilitiesndash Resource centers
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Introductionbull In-Hospital Components
ndash Emergency nursesndash Advanced-practice providersndash Emergency and specialty physiciansndash Ancillary servicesndash Social workersndash Mental health providersndash Rehabilitation services
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Introductionbull EMS operation begins with citizen activation
bull EMS dispatch responsible forndash Collecting informationndash Sending staffed and equipped unitndash Providing prearrival instructions
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Introductionbull First EMS provider to respond
ndash Police officerndash Firefighterndash Lifeguardndash Teacherndash EMR-trained community member
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Introductionbull Dispatcher will send
ndash EMT-level or paramedic level ambulancendash Tiered response multiple levels of emergency care
personnel to same incidentndash Paramedic personnel to every incident regardless of
level of care needed
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Introductionbull EMS providers decide on
ndash Medical facilityndash Type of care neededndash Transport timendash Local protocols
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History of EMSbull Most significant advances in EMS during last 50
years
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Table 2ndash1 An EMS Timeline (1 of 5)
1797Napoleonrsquos chief physician implements a prehospital system designed to triage and transport the injured from the field to aid stations
1860s Civilian ambulance services begin in Cincinnati and New York City
1891 Dr Friedrich Maass performs the first equivocally documented chest compression in humans
1915 First-known air medical transport occurs during the retreat of the Serbian army from Albania
1920 First volunteer rescue squads organize in Roanoke Virginia and along the New Jersey coast
1947 Claude Beck develops first defibrillator and first human saved with defibrillation
1958 Dr Peter Safar demonstrates the efficacy of mouth-to-mouth ventilation
1960 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is shown to be efficacious
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (2 of 5)
1965J Frank Pantridge converts an ambulance into a mobile coronary care unit with a portable defibrillator and recorded ten prehospital resuscitations with a 50 percent long-term survival rate
1966The National Academy of Sciences National Research Council publishes Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society
1966 Highway Safety Act of 1966 establishes the Emergency Medical Services Program in the Department of Transportation
1967 Star of Life is patented by the American Medical Association1968 ATampT designates 911 as its new national emergency number1970 National Registry of EMTs is founded1970 Television show Emergency debuts on NBC
1972 Department of Health Education and Welfare allocates $16 million to EMS demonstration programs in five states
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (3 of 5)
1973
The Emergency Medical Services Systems (EMSS) Act provides additional federal guidelines and funding for the development of regional EMS systems the law establishes 15 components of EMS systems
1975 National Association of EMTs is organized1979 First automated external defibrillators (AEDs) become available
1981The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act consolidates EMS funding into state preventive health and health services block grants and eliminates funding under the EMSS Act
1981 Prehospital trauma life support (PHTLS) is developed
1981 International trauma life support (ITLS) formerly basic trauma life support (BTLS) is developed
1984The EMS for Children program under the Public Health Act provides funds for enhancing the EMS system to better serve pediatric patients
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (4 of 5)
1985National Research Council publishes Injury in America A Continuing Public Health Problem describing deficiencies in the progress of addressing the problem of accidental death and disability
1988The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration initiates the Statewide EMS Technical Assessment program based on ten key components of EMS systems
1990The Trauma Care Systems and Development Act encourages development of inclusive trauma systems and provides funding to states for trauma system planning implementation and evaluation
1993The Institute of Medicine publishes Emergency Medical Services for Children which points out deficiencies in our health care systemrsquos ability to address the emergency medical needs of pediatric patients
1995 Congress does not reauthorize funding under the Trauma Care Systems and Development Act
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (5 of 5)
1999 President Clinton signs bill designating 911 as national emergency number
2003 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) becomes effective strictly regulating the flow of confidential information
2006The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration publishes Emergency Medical Services Agenda for the Future to guide the development of EMS in the United States in the twenty-first century
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ancient tabletsndash Step-by-step instructions for patient carendash How to create medications
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Code of Hammurabi governed criminal and civil matters regulation of medical fees and penalties
ndash Out-of-hospital care transportndash Dominique-Jean Larrey (Napoleons chief surgeon)
first prehospital system using triage and transport
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ambulances in US nineteenth centuryndash Nurse Clara Barton organized triage and transport
during Civil Warndash First civilian ambulance 1860 in Cincinnatindash Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan (1869) began to
operate ambulance service
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash WWI high mortality rate of soldiers associated with evacuation time
ndash WWII transport to echelons (levels) of care createdndash Hospitals experimented with placing physician interns
on ambulances
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash Korean War helicopters moved injured to mobile army surgical hospitals (MASHs)
ndash Set stage for trauma system in USndash 1956 mouth-to-mouth resuscitation ndash 1959 portable defibrillatorndash 1960 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
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Figure 2-2 Medical evacuation helicopters colloquially called ldquoDustoffrdquo saved many lives during the Vietnam War(Dust off copy Joe Kline Aviation Art)
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1966 Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society (White Paper)
ndash Guidelines for Development of EMS systems Training of prehospital emergency medical providers Upgrading of ambulances and equipment
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1970 National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians established
ndash 1972 television show Emergency public attention to prehospital care
ndash 1973 Emergency Medical Services Systems Act
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Manpowerndash Trainingndash Communicationsndash Transportationndash Emergency facilities
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Critical care unitsndash Public safety agenciesndash Consumer participationndash Access to carendash Patient transfer
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Standardized record keepingndash Public information and educationndash System review and evaluationndash Disaster management plansndash Mutual aid
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Regulation and policyndash Resources managementndash Human resources and trainingndash Transportationndash Facilities
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Communicationsndash Trauma systemsndash Public information and educationndash Medical directionndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1980s Helicopter air ambulances (HAA) developedndash 1996 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) published EMS Agenda for the Future
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Integration of health servicesndash EMS researchndash Legislation and regulationndash System financendash Human resourcesndash Medical directionndash Education systems
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Public educationndash Preventionndash Public accessndash Communication systemsndash Clinical carendash Information systemsndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Introductionbull Out-of-Hospital Components
ndash Community members trained in first aid and CPRndash Communications systemndash EMS providers including paramedicsndash Firerescue hazardous-materials services
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Introductionbull Out-of-Hospital Components
ndash Law enforcement officersndash Public utilitiesndash Resource centers
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Introductionbull In-Hospital Components
ndash Emergency nursesndash Advanced-practice providersndash Emergency and specialty physiciansndash Ancillary servicesndash Social workersndash Mental health providersndash Rehabilitation services
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Introductionbull EMS operation begins with citizen activation
bull EMS dispatch responsible forndash Collecting informationndash Sending staffed and equipped unitndash Providing prearrival instructions
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Introductionbull First EMS provider to respond
ndash Police officerndash Firefighterndash Lifeguardndash Teacherndash EMR-trained community member
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Introductionbull Dispatcher will send
ndash EMT-level or paramedic level ambulancendash Tiered response multiple levels of emergency care
personnel to same incidentndash Paramedic personnel to every incident regardless of
level of care needed
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Introductionbull EMS providers decide on
ndash Medical facilityndash Type of care neededndash Transport timendash Local protocols
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History of EMSbull Most significant advances in EMS during last 50
years
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Table 2ndash1 An EMS Timeline (1 of 5)
1797Napoleonrsquos chief physician implements a prehospital system designed to triage and transport the injured from the field to aid stations
1860s Civilian ambulance services begin in Cincinnati and New York City
1891 Dr Friedrich Maass performs the first equivocally documented chest compression in humans
1915 First-known air medical transport occurs during the retreat of the Serbian army from Albania
1920 First volunteer rescue squads organize in Roanoke Virginia and along the New Jersey coast
1947 Claude Beck develops first defibrillator and first human saved with defibrillation
1958 Dr Peter Safar demonstrates the efficacy of mouth-to-mouth ventilation
1960 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is shown to be efficacious
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (2 of 5)
1965J Frank Pantridge converts an ambulance into a mobile coronary care unit with a portable defibrillator and recorded ten prehospital resuscitations with a 50 percent long-term survival rate
1966The National Academy of Sciences National Research Council publishes Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society
1966 Highway Safety Act of 1966 establishes the Emergency Medical Services Program in the Department of Transportation
1967 Star of Life is patented by the American Medical Association1968 ATampT designates 911 as its new national emergency number1970 National Registry of EMTs is founded1970 Television show Emergency debuts on NBC
1972 Department of Health Education and Welfare allocates $16 million to EMS demonstration programs in five states
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (3 of 5)
1973
The Emergency Medical Services Systems (EMSS) Act provides additional federal guidelines and funding for the development of regional EMS systems the law establishes 15 components of EMS systems
1975 National Association of EMTs is organized1979 First automated external defibrillators (AEDs) become available
1981The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act consolidates EMS funding into state preventive health and health services block grants and eliminates funding under the EMSS Act
1981 Prehospital trauma life support (PHTLS) is developed
1981 International trauma life support (ITLS) formerly basic trauma life support (BTLS) is developed
1984The EMS for Children program under the Public Health Act provides funds for enhancing the EMS system to better serve pediatric patients
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (4 of 5)
1985National Research Council publishes Injury in America A Continuing Public Health Problem describing deficiencies in the progress of addressing the problem of accidental death and disability
1988The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration initiates the Statewide EMS Technical Assessment program based on ten key components of EMS systems
1990The Trauma Care Systems and Development Act encourages development of inclusive trauma systems and provides funding to states for trauma system planning implementation and evaluation
1993The Institute of Medicine publishes Emergency Medical Services for Children which points out deficiencies in our health care systemrsquos ability to address the emergency medical needs of pediatric patients
1995 Congress does not reauthorize funding under the Trauma Care Systems and Development Act
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (5 of 5)
1999 President Clinton signs bill designating 911 as national emergency number
2003 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) becomes effective strictly regulating the flow of confidential information
2006The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration publishes Emergency Medical Services Agenda for the Future to guide the development of EMS in the United States in the twenty-first century
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ancient tabletsndash Step-by-step instructions for patient carendash How to create medications
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Code of Hammurabi governed criminal and civil matters regulation of medical fees and penalties
ndash Out-of-hospital care transportndash Dominique-Jean Larrey (Napoleons chief surgeon)
first prehospital system using triage and transport
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ambulances in US nineteenth centuryndash Nurse Clara Barton organized triage and transport
during Civil Warndash First civilian ambulance 1860 in Cincinnatindash Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan (1869) began to
operate ambulance service
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash WWI high mortality rate of soldiers associated with evacuation time
ndash WWII transport to echelons (levels) of care createdndash Hospitals experimented with placing physician interns
on ambulances
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash Korean War helicopters moved injured to mobile army surgical hospitals (MASHs)
ndash Set stage for trauma system in USndash 1956 mouth-to-mouth resuscitation ndash 1959 portable defibrillatorndash 1960 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
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Figure 2-2 Medical evacuation helicopters colloquially called ldquoDustoffrdquo saved many lives during the Vietnam War(Dust off copy Joe Kline Aviation Art)
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1966 Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society (White Paper)
ndash Guidelines for Development of EMS systems Training of prehospital emergency medical providers Upgrading of ambulances and equipment
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1970 National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians established
ndash 1972 television show Emergency public attention to prehospital care
ndash 1973 Emergency Medical Services Systems Act
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Manpowerndash Trainingndash Communicationsndash Transportationndash Emergency facilities
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Critical care unitsndash Public safety agenciesndash Consumer participationndash Access to carendash Patient transfer
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Standardized record keepingndash Public information and educationndash System review and evaluationndash Disaster management plansndash Mutual aid
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Regulation and policyndash Resources managementndash Human resources and trainingndash Transportationndash Facilities
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Communicationsndash Trauma systemsndash Public information and educationndash Medical directionndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1980s Helicopter air ambulances (HAA) developedndash 1996 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) published EMS Agenda for the Future
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Integration of health servicesndash EMS researchndash Legislation and regulationndash System financendash Human resourcesndash Medical directionndash Education systems
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Public educationndash Preventionndash Public accessndash Communication systemsndash Clinical carendash Information systemsndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Introductionbull Out-of-Hospital Components
ndash Law enforcement officersndash Public utilitiesndash Resource centers
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Introductionbull In-Hospital Components
ndash Emergency nursesndash Advanced-practice providersndash Emergency and specialty physiciansndash Ancillary servicesndash Social workersndash Mental health providersndash Rehabilitation services
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Introductionbull EMS operation begins with citizen activation
bull EMS dispatch responsible forndash Collecting informationndash Sending staffed and equipped unitndash Providing prearrival instructions
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Introductionbull First EMS provider to respond
ndash Police officerndash Firefighterndash Lifeguardndash Teacherndash EMR-trained community member
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Introductionbull Dispatcher will send
ndash EMT-level or paramedic level ambulancendash Tiered response multiple levels of emergency care
personnel to same incidentndash Paramedic personnel to every incident regardless of
level of care needed
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Introductionbull EMS providers decide on
ndash Medical facilityndash Type of care neededndash Transport timendash Local protocols
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History of EMSbull Most significant advances in EMS during last 50
years
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Table 2ndash1 An EMS Timeline (1 of 5)
1797Napoleonrsquos chief physician implements a prehospital system designed to triage and transport the injured from the field to aid stations
1860s Civilian ambulance services begin in Cincinnati and New York City
1891 Dr Friedrich Maass performs the first equivocally documented chest compression in humans
1915 First-known air medical transport occurs during the retreat of the Serbian army from Albania
1920 First volunteer rescue squads organize in Roanoke Virginia and along the New Jersey coast
1947 Claude Beck develops first defibrillator and first human saved with defibrillation
1958 Dr Peter Safar demonstrates the efficacy of mouth-to-mouth ventilation
1960 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is shown to be efficacious
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (2 of 5)
1965J Frank Pantridge converts an ambulance into a mobile coronary care unit with a portable defibrillator and recorded ten prehospital resuscitations with a 50 percent long-term survival rate
1966The National Academy of Sciences National Research Council publishes Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society
1966 Highway Safety Act of 1966 establishes the Emergency Medical Services Program in the Department of Transportation
1967 Star of Life is patented by the American Medical Association1968 ATampT designates 911 as its new national emergency number1970 National Registry of EMTs is founded1970 Television show Emergency debuts on NBC
1972 Department of Health Education and Welfare allocates $16 million to EMS demonstration programs in five states
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (3 of 5)
1973
The Emergency Medical Services Systems (EMSS) Act provides additional federal guidelines and funding for the development of regional EMS systems the law establishes 15 components of EMS systems
1975 National Association of EMTs is organized1979 First automated external defibrillators (AEDs) become available
1981The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act consolidates EMS funding into state preventive health and health services block grants and eliminates funding under the EMSS Act
1981 Prehospital trauma life support (PHTLS) is developed
1981 International trauma life support (ITLS) formerly basic trauma life support (BTLS) is developed
1984The EMS for Children program under the Public Health Act provides funds for enhancing the EMS system to better serve pediatric patients
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (4 of 5)
1985National Research Council publishes Injury in America A Continuing Public Health Problem describing deficiencies in the progress of addressing the problem of accidental death and disability
1988The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration initiates the Statewide EMS Technical Assessment program based on ten key components of EMS systems
1990The Trauma Care Systems and Development Act encourages development of inclusive trauma systems and provides funding to states for trauma system planning implementation and evaluation
1993The Institute of Medicine publishes Emergency Medical Services for Children which points out deficiencies in our health care systemrsquos ability to address the emergency medical needs of pediatric patients
1995 Congress does not reauthorize funding under the Trauma Care Systems and Development Act
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (5 of 5)
1999 President Clinton signs bill designating 911 as national emergency number
2003 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) becomes effective strictly regulating the flow of confidential information
2006The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration publishes Emergency Medical Services Agenda for the Future to guide the development of EMS in the United States in the twenty-first century
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ancient tabletsndash Step-by-step instructions for patient carendash How to create medications
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Code of Hammurabi governed criminal and civil matters regulation of medical fees and penalties
ndash Out-of-hospital care transportndash Dominique-Jean Larrey (Napoleons chief surgeon)
first prehospital system using triage and transport
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ambulances in US nineteenth centuryndash Nurse Clara Barton organized triage and transport
during Civil Warndash First civilian ambulance 1860 in Cincinnatindash Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan (1869) began to
operate ambulance service
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash WWI high mortality rate of soldiers associated with evacuation time
ndash WWII transport to echelons (levels) of care createdndash Hospitals experimented with placing physician interns
on ambulances
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash Korean War helicopters moved injured to mobile army surgical hospitals (MASHs)
ndash Set stage for trauma system in USndash 1956 mouth-to-mouth resuscitation ndash 1959 portable defibrillatorndash 1960 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
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Figure 2-2 Medical evacuation helicopters colloquially called ldquoDustoffrdquo saved many lives during the Vietnam War(Dust off copy Joe Kline Aviation Art)
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1966 Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society (White Paper)
ndash Guidelines for Development of EMS systems Training of prehospital emergency medical providers Upgrading of ambulances and equipment
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1970 National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians established
ndash 1972 television show Emergency public attention to prehospital care
ndash 1973 Emergency Medical Services Systems Act
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Manpowerndash Trainingndash Communicationsndash Transportationndash Emergency facilities
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Critical care unitsndash Public safety agenciesndash Consumer participationndash Access to carendash Patient transfer
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Standardized record keepingndash Public information and educationndash System review and evaluationndash Disaster management plansndash Mutual aid
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Regulation and policyndash Resources managementndash Human resources and trainingndash Transportationndash Facilities
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Communicationsndash Trauma systemsndash Public information and educationndash Medical directionndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1980s Helicopter air ambulances (HAA) developedndash 1996 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) published EMS Agenda for the Future
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Integration of health servicesndash EMS researchndash Legislation and regulationndash System financendash Human resourcesndash Medical directionndash Education systems
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Public educationndash Preventionndash Public accessndash Communication systemsndash Clinical carendash Information systemsndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Introductionbull In-Hospital Components
ndash Emergency nursesndash Advanced-practice providersndash Emergency and specialty physiciansndash Ancillary servicesndash Social workersndash Mental health providersndash Rehabilitation services
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Introductionbull EMS operation begins with citizen activation
bull EMS dispatch responsible forndash Collecting informationndash Sending staffed and equipped unitndash Providing prearrival instructions
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Introductionbull First EMS provider to respond
ndash Police officerndash Firefighterndash Lifeguardndash Teacherndash EMR-trained community member
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Introductionbull Dispatcher will send
ndash EMT-level or paramedic level ambulancendash Tiered response multiple levels of emergency care
personnel to same incidentndash Paramedic personnel to every incident regardless of
level of care needed
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Introductionbull EMS providers decide on
ndash Medical facilityndash Type of care neededndash Transport timendash Local protocols
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History of EMSbull Most significant advances in EMS during last 50
years
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Table 2ndash1 An EMS Timeline (1 of 5)
1797Napoleonrsquos chief physician implements a prehospital system designed to triage and transport the injured from the field to aid stations
1860s Civilian ambulance services begin in Cincinnati and New York City
1891 Dr Friedrich Maass performs the first equivocally documented chest compression in humans
1915 First-known air medical transport occurs during the retreat of the Serbian army from Albania
1920 First volunteer rescue squads organize in Roanoke Virginia and along the New Jersey coast
1947 Claude Beck develops first defibrillator and first human saved with defibrillation
1958 Dr Peter Safar demonstrates the efficacy of mouth-to-mouth ventilation
1960 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is shown to be efficacious
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (2 of 5)
1965J Frank Pantridge converts an ambulance into a mobile coronary care unit with a portable defibrillator and recorded ten prehospital resuscitations with a 50 percent long-term survival rate
1966The National Academy of Sciences National Research Council publishes Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society
1966 Highway Safety Act of 1966 establishes the Emergency Medical Services Program in the Department of Transportation
1967 Star of Life is patented by the American Medical Association1968 ATampT designates 911 as its new national emergency number1970 National Registry of EMTs is founded1970 Television show Emergency debuts on NBC
1972 Department of Health Education and Welfare allocates $16 million to EMS demonstration programs in five states
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (3 of 5)
1973
The Emergency Medical Services Systems (EMSS) Act provides additional federal guidelines and funding for the development of regional EMS systems the law establishes 15 components of EMS systems
1975 National Association of EMTs is organized1979 First automated external defibrillators (AEDs) become available
1981The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act consolidates EMS funding into state preventive health and health services block grants and eliminates funding under the EMSS Act
1981 Prehospital trauma life support (PHTLS) is developed
1981 International trauma life support (ITLS) formerly basic trauma life support (BTLS) is developed
1984The EMS for Children program under the Public Health Act provides funds for enhancing the EMS system to better serve pediatric patients
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (4 of 5)
1985National Research Council publishes Injury in America A Continuing Public Health Problem describing deficiencies in the progress of addressing the problem of accidental death and disability
1988The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration initiates the Statewide EMS Technical Assessment program based on ten key components of EMS systems
1990The Trauma Care Systems and Development Act encourages development of inclusive trauma systems and provides funding to states for trauma system planning implementation and evaluation
1993The Institute of Medicine publishes Emergency Medical Services for Children which points out deficiencies in our health care systemrsquos ability to address the emergency medical needs of pediatric patients
1995 Congress does not reauthorize funding under the Trauma Care Systems and Development Act
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (5 of 5)
1999 President Clinton signs bill designating 911 as national emergency number
2003 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) becomes effective strictly regulating the flow of confidential information
2006The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration publishes Emergency Medical Services Agenda for the Future to guide the development of EMS in the United States in the twenty-first century
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ancient tabletsndash Step-by-step instructions for patient carendash How to create medications
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Code of Hammurabi governed criminal and civil matters regulation of medical fees and penalties
ndash Out-of-hospital care transportndash Dominique-Jean Larrey (Napoleons chief surgeon)
first prehospital system using triage and transport
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ambulances in US nineteenth centuryndash Nurse Clara Barton organized triage and transport
during Civil Warndash First civilian ambulance 1860 in Cincinnatindash Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan (1869) began to
operate ambulance service
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash WWI high mortality rate of soldiers associated with evacuation time
ndash WWII transport to echelons (levels) of care createdndash Hospitals experimented with placing physician interns
on ambulances
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash Korean War helicopters moved injured to mobile army surgical hospitals (MASHs)
ndash Set stage for trauma system in USndash 1956 mouth-to-mouth resuscitation ndash 1959 portable defibrillatorndash 1960 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
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Figure 2-2 Medical evacuation helicopters colloquially called ldquoDustoffrdquo saved many lives during the Vietnam War(Dust off copy Joe Kline Aviation Art)
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1966 Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society (White Paper)
ndash Guidelines for Development of EMS systems Training of prehospital emergency medical providers Upgrading of ambulances and equipment
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1970 National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians established
ndash 1972 television show Emergency public attention to prehospital care
ndash 1973 Emergency Medical Services Systems Act
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Manpowerndash Trainingndash Communicationsndash Transportationndash Emergency facilities
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Critical care unitsndash Public safety agenciesndash Consumer participationndash Access to carendash Patient transfer
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Standardized record keepingndash Public information and educationndash System review and evaluationndash Disaster management plansndash Mutual aid
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Regulation and policyndash Resources managementndash Human resources and trainingndash Transportationndash Facilities
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Communicationsndash Trauma systemsndash Public information and educationndash Medical directionndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1980s Helicopter air ambulances (HAA) developedndash 1996 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) published EMS Agenda for the Future
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Integration of health servicesndash EMS researchndash Legislation and regulationndash System financendash Human resourcesndash Medical directionndash Education systems
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Public educationndash Preventionndash Public accessndash Communication systemsndash Clinical carendash Information systemsndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Introductionbull EMS operation begins with citizen activation
bull EMS dispatch responsible forndash Collecting informationndash Sending staffed and equipped unitndash Providing prearrival instructions
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Introductionbull First EMS provider to respond
ndash Police officerndash Firefighterndash Lifeguardndash Teacherndash EMR-trained community member
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Introductionbull Dispatcher will send
ndash EMT-level or paramedic level ambulancendash Tiered response multiple levels of emergency care
personnel to same incidentndash Paramedic personnel to every incident regardless of
level of care needed
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Introductionbull EMS providers decide on
ndash Medical facilityndash Type of care neededndash Transport timendash Local protocols
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History of EMSbull Most significant advances in EMS during last 50
years
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Table 2ndash1 An EMS Timeline (1 of 5)
1797Napoleonrsquos chief physician implements a prehospital system designed to triage and transport the injured from the field to aid stations
1860s Civilian ambulance services begin in Cincinnati and New York City
1891 Dr Friedrich Maass performs the first equivocally documented chest compression in humans
1915 First-known air medical transport occurs during the retreat of the Serbian army from Albania
1920 First volunteer rescue squads organize in Roanoke Virginia and along the New Jersey coast
1947 Claude Beck develops first defibrillator and first human saved with defibrillation
1958 Dr Peter Safar demonstrates the efficacy of mouth-to-mouth ventilation
1960 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is shown to be efficacious
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (2 of 5)
1965J Frank Pantridge converts an ambulance into a mobile coronary care unit with a portable defibrillator and recorded ten prehospital resuscitations with a 50 percent long-term survival rate
1966The National Academy of Sciences National Research Council publishes Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society
1966 Highway Safety Act of 1966 establishes the Emergency Medical Services Program in the Department of Transportation
1967 Star of Life is patented by the American Medical Association1968 ATampT designates 911 as its new national emergency number1970 National Registry of EMTs is founded1970 Television show Emergency debuts on NBC
1972 Department of Health Education and Welfare allocates $16 million to EMS demonstration programs in five states
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (3 of 5)
1973
The Emergency Medical Services Systems (EMSS) Act provides additional federal guidelines and funding for the development of regional EMS systems the law establishes 15 components of EMS systems
1975 National Association of EMTs is organized1979 First automated external defibrillators (AEDs) become available
1981The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act consolidates EMS funding into state preventive health and health services block grants and eliminates funding under the EMSS Act
1981 Prehospital trauma life support (PHTLS) is developed
1981 International trauma life support (ITLS) formerly basic trauma life support (BTLS) is developed
1984The EMS for Children program under the Public Health Act provides funds for enhancing the EMS system to better serve pediatric patients
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (4 of 5)
1985National Research Council publishes Injury in America A Continuing Public Health Problem describing deficiencies in the progress of addressing the problem of accidental death and disability
1988The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration initiates the Statewide EMS Technical Assessment program based on ten key components of EMS systems
1990The Trauma Care Systems and Development Act encourages development of inclusive trauma systems and provides funding to states for trauma system planning implementation and evaluation
1993The Institute of Medicine publishes Emergency Medical Services for Children which points out deficiencies in our health care systemrsquos ability to address the emergency medical needs of pediatric patients
1995 Congress does not reauthorize funding under the Trauma Care Systems and Development Act
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (5 of 5)
1999 President Clinton signs bill designating 911 as national emergency number
2003 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) becomes effective strictly regulating the flow of confidential information
2006The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration publishes Emergency Medical Services Agenda for the Future to guide the development of EMS in the United States in the twenty-first century
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ancient tabletsndash Step-by-step instructions for patient carendash How to create medications
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Code of Hammurabi governed criminal and civil matters regulation of medical fees and penalties
ndash Out-of-hospital care transportndash Dominique-Jean Larrey (Napoleons chief surgeon)
first prehospital system using triage and transport
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ambulances in US nineteenth centuryndash Nurse Clara Barton organized triage and transport
during Civil Warndash First civilian ambulance 1860 in Cincinnatindash Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan (1869) began to
operate ambulance service
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash WWI high mortality rate of soldiers associated with evacuation time
ndash WWII transport to echelons (levels) of care createdndash Hospitals experimented with placing physician interns
on ambulances
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash Korean War helicopters moved injured to mobile army surgical hospitals (MASHs)
ndash Set stage for trauma system in USndash 1956 mouth-to-mouth resuscitation ndash 1959 portable defibrillatorndash 1960 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
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Figure 2-2 Medical evacuation helicopters colloquially called ldquoDustoffrdquo saved many lives during the Vietnam War(Dust off copy Joe Kline Aviation Art)
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1966 Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society (White Paper)
ndash Guidelines for Development of EMS systems Training of prehospital emergency medical providers Upgrading of ambulances and equipment
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1970 National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians established
ndash 1972 television show Emergency public attention to prehospital care
ndash 1973 Emergency Medical Services Systems Act
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Manpowerndash Trainingndash Communicationsndash Transportationndash Emergency facilities
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Critical care unitsndash Public safety agenciesndash Consumer participationndash Access to carendash Patient transfer
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Standardized record keepingndash Public information and educationndash System review and evaluationndash Disaster management plansndash Mutual aid
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Regulation and policyndash Resources managementndash Human resources and trainingndash Transportationndash Facilities
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Communicationsndash Trauma systemsndash Public information and educationndash Medical directionndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1980s Helicopter air ambulances (HAA) developedndash 1996 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) published EMS Agenda for the Future
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Integration of health servicesndash EMS researchndash Legislation and regulationndash System financendash Human resourcesndash Medical directionndash Education systems
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Public educationndash Preventionndash Public accessndash Communication systemsndash Clinical carendash Information systemsndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Introductionbull First EMS provider to respond
ndash Police officerndash Firefighterndash Lifeguardndash Teacherndash EMR-trained community member
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Introductionbull Dispatcher will send
ndash EMT-level or paramedic level ambulancendash Tiered response multiple levels of emergency care
personnel to same incidentndash Paramedic personnel to every incident regardless of
level of care needed
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Introductionbull EMS providers decide on
ndash Medical facilityndash Type of care neededndash Transport timendash Local protocols
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History of EMSbull Most significant advances in EMS during last 50
years
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Table 2ndash1 An EMS Timeline (1 of 5)
1797Napoleonrsquos chief physician implements a prehospital system designed to triage and transport the injured from the field to aid stations
1860s Civilian ambulance services begin in Cincinnati and New York City
1891 Dr Friedrich Maass performs the first equivocally documented chest compression in humans
1915 First-known air medical transport occurs during the retreat of the Serbian army from Albania
1920 First volunteer rescue squads organize in Roanoke Virginia and along the New Jersey coast
1947 Claude Beck develops first defibrillator and first human saved with defibrillation
1958 Dr Peter Safar demonstrates the efficacy of mouth-to-mouth ventilation
1960 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is shown to be efficacious
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (2 of 5)
1965J Frank Pantridge converts an ambulance into a mobile coronary care unit with a portable defibrillator and recorded ten prehospital resuscitations with a 50 percent long-term survival rate
1966The National Academy of Sciences National Research Council publishes Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society
1966 Highway Safety Act of 1966 establishes the Emergency Medical Services Program in the Department of Transportation
1967 Star of Life is patented by the American Medical Association1968 ATampT designates 911 as its new national emergency number1970 National Registry of EMTs is founded1970 Television show Emergency debuts on NBC
1972 Department of Health Education and Welfare allocates $16 million to EMS demonstration programs in five states
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (3 of 5)
1973
The Emergency Medical Services Systems (EMSS) Act provides additional federal guidelines and funding for the development of regional EMS systems the law establishes 15 components of EMS systems
1975 National Association of EMTs is organized1979 First automated external defibrillators (AEDs) become available
1981The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act consolidates EMS funding into state preventive health and health services block grants and eliminates funding under the EMSS Act
1981 Prehospital trauma life support (PHTLS) is developed
1981 International trauma life support (ITLS) formerly basic trauma life support (BTLS) is developed
1984The EMS for Children program under the Public Health Act provides funds for enhancing the EMS system to better serve pediatric patients
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (4 of 5)
1985National Research Council publishes Injury in America A Continuing Public Health Problem describing deficiencies in the progress of addressing the problem of accidental death and disability
1988The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration initiates the Statewide EMS Technical Assessment program based on ten key components of EMS systems
1990The Trauma Care Systems and Development Act encourages development of inclusive trauma systems and provides funding to states for trauma system planning implementation and evaluation
1993The Institute of Medicine publishes Emergency Medical Services for Children which points out deficiencies in our health care systemrsquos ability to address the emergency medical needs of pediatric patients
1995 Congress does not reauthorize funding under the Trauma Care Systems and Development Act
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (5 of 5)
1999 President Clinton signs bill designating 911 as national emergency number
2003 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) becomes effective strictly regulating the flow of confidential information
2006The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration publishes Emergency Medical Services Agenda for the Future to guide the development of EMS in the United States in the twenty-first century
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ancient tabletsndash Step-by-step instructions for patient carendash How to create medications
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Code of Hammurabi governed criminal and civil matters regulation of medical fees and penalties
ndash Out-of-hospital care transportndash Dominique-Jean Larrey (Napoleons chief surgeon)
first prehospital system using triage and transport
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ambulances in US nineteenth centuryndash Nurse Clara Barton organized triage and transport
during Civil Warndash First civilian ambulance 1860 in Cincinnatindash Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan (1869) began to
operate ambulance service
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash WWI high mortality rate of soldiers associated with evacuation time
ndash WWII transport to echelons (levels) of care createdndash Hospitals experimented with placing physician interns
on ambulances
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash Korean War helicopters moved injured to mobile army surgical hospitals (MASHs)
ndash Set stage for trauma system in USndash 1956 mouth-to-mouth resuscitation ndash 1959 portable defibrillatorndash 1960 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
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Figure 2-2 Medical evacuation helicopters colloquially called ldquoDustoffrdquo saved many lives during the Vietnam War(Dust off copy Joe Kline Aviation Art)
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1966 Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society (White Paper)
ndash Guidelines for Development of EMS systems Training of prehospital emergency medical providers Upgrading of ambulances and equipment
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1970 National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians established
ndash 1972 television show Emergency public attention to prehospital care
ndash 1973 Emergency Medical Services Systems Act
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Manpowerndash Trainingndash Communicationsndash Transportationndash Emergency facilities
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Critical care unitsndash Public safety agenciesndash Consumer participationndash Access to carendash Patient transfer
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Standardized record keepingndash Public information and educationndash System review and evaluationndash Disaster management plansndash Mutual aid
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Regulation and policyndash Resources managementndash Human resources and trainingndash Transportationndash Facilities
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Communicationsndash Trauma systemsndash Public information and educationndash Medical directionndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1980s Helicopter air ambulances (HAA) developedndash 1996 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) published EMS Agenda for the Future
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Integration of health servicesndash EMS researchndash Legislation and regulationndash System financendash Human resourcesndash Medical directionndash Education systems
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Public educationndash Preventionndash Public accessndash Communication systemsndash Clinical carendash Information systemsndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Introductionbull Dispatcher will send
ndash EMT-level or paramedic level ambulancendash Tiered response multiple levels of emergency care
personnel to same incidentndash Paramedic personnel to every incident regardless of
level of care needed
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Introductionbull EMS providers decide on
ndash Medical facilityndash Type of care neededndash Transport timendash Local protocols
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History of EMSbull Most significant advances in EMS during last 50
years
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Table 2ndash1 An EMS Timeline (1 of 5)
1797Napoleonrsquos chief physician implements a prehospital system designed to triage and transport the injured from the field to aid stations
1860s Civilian ambulance services begin in Cincinnati and New York City
1891 Dr Friedrich Maass performs the first equivocally documented chest compression in humans
1915 First-known air medical transport occurs during the retreat of the Serbian army from Albania
1920 First volunteer rescue squads organize in Roanoke Virginia and along the New Jersey coast
1947 Claude Beck develops first defibrillator and first human saved with defibrillation
1958 Dr Peter Safar demonstrates the efficacy of mouth-to-mouth ventilation
1960 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is shown to be efficacious
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (2 of 5)
1965J Frank Pantridge converts an ambulance into a mobile coronary care unit with a portable defibrillator and recorded ten prehospital resuscitations with a 50 percent long-term survival rate
1966The National Academy of Sciences National Research Council publishes Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society
1966 Highway Safety Act of 1966 establishes the Emergency Medical Services Program in the Department of Transportation
1967 Star of Life is patented by the American Medical Association1968 ATampT designates 911 as its new national emergency number1970 National Registry of EMTs is founded1970 Television show Emergency debuts on NBC
1972 Department of Health Education and Welfare allocates $16 million to EMS demonstration programs in five states
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (3 of 5)
1973
The Emergency Medical Services Systems (EMSS) Act provides additional federal guidelines and funding for the development of regional EMS systems the law establishes 15 components of EMS systems
1975 National Association of EMTs is organized1979 First automated external defibrillators (AEDs) become available
1981The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act consolidates EMS funding into state preventive health and health services block grants and eliminates funding under the EMSS Act
1981 Prehospital trauma life support (PHTLS) is developed
1981 International trauma life support (ITLS) formerly basic trauma life support (BTLS) is developed
1984The EMS for Children program under the Public Health Act provides funds for enhancing the EMS system to better serve pediatric patients
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (4 of 5)
1985National Research Council publishes Injury in America A Continuing Public Health Problem describing deficiencies in the progress of addressing the problem of accidental death and disability
1988The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration initiates the Statewide EMS Technical Assessment program based on ten key components of EMS systems
1990The Trauma Care Systems and Development Act encourages development of inclusive trauma systems and provides funding to states for trauma system planning implementation and evaluation
1993The Institute of Medicine publishes Emergency Medical Services for Children which points out deficiencies in our health care systemrsquos ability to address the emergency medical needs of pediatric patients
1995 Congress does not reauthorize funding under the Trauma Care Systems and Development Act
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (5 of 5)
1999 President Clinton signs bill designating 911 as national emergency number
2003 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) becomes effective strictly regulating the flow of confidential information
2006The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration publishes Emergency Medical Services Agenda for the Future to guide the development of EMS in the United States in the twenty-first century
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ancient tabletsndash Step-by-step instructions for patient carendash How to create medications
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Code of Hammurabi governed criminal and civil matters regulation of medical fees and penalties
ndash Out-of-hospital care transportndash Dominique-Jean Larrey (Napoleons chief surgeon)
first prehospital system using triage and transport
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ambulances in US nineteenth centuryndash Nurse Clara Barton organized triage and transport
during Civil Warndash First civilian ambulance 1860 in Cincinnatindash Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan (1869) began to
operate ambulance service
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash WWI high mortality rate of soldiers associated with evacuation time
ndash WWII transport to echelons (levels) of care createdndash Hospitals experimented with placing physician interns
on ambulances
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash Korean War helicopters moved injured to mobile army surgical hospitals (MASHs)
ndash Set stage for trauma system in USndash 1956 mouth-to-mouth resuscitation ndash 1959 portable defibrillatorndash 1960 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
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Figure 2-2 Medical evacuation helicopters colloquially called ldquoDustoffrdquo saved many lives during the Vietnam War(Dust off copy Joe Kline Aviation Art)
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1966 Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society (White Paper)
ndash Guidelines for Development of EMS systems Training of prehospital emergency medical providers Upgrading of ambulances and equipment
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1970 National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians established
ndash 1972 television show Emergency public attention to prehospital care
ndash 1973 Emergency Medical Services Systems Act
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Manpowerndash Trainingndash Communicationsndash Transportationndash Emergency facilities
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Critical care unitsndash Public safety agenciesndash Consumer participationndash Access to carendash Patient transfer
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Standardized record keepingndash Public information and educationndash System review and evaluationndash Disaster management plansndash Mutual aid
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Regulation and policyndash Resources managementndash Human resources and trainingndash Transportationndash Facilities
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Communicationsndash Trauma systemsndash Public information and educationndash Medical directionndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1980s Helicopter air ambulances (HAA) developedndash 1996 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) published EMS Agenda for the Future
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Integration of health servicesndash EMS researchndash Legislation and regulationndash System financendash Human resourcesndash Medical directionndash Education systems
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Public educationndash Preventionndash Public accessndash Communication systemsndash Clinical carendash Information systemsndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Introductionbull EMS providers decide on
ndash Medical facilityndash Type of care neededndash Transport timendash Local protocols
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History of EMSbull Most significant advances in EMS during last 50
years
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Table 2ndash1 An EMS Timeline (1 of 5)
1797Napoleonrsquos chief physician implements a prehospital system designed to triage and transport the injured from the field to aid stations
1860s Civilian ambulance services begin in Cincinnati and New York City
1891 Dr Friedrich Maass performs the first equivocally documented chest compression in humans
1915 First-known air medical transport occurs during the retreat of the Serbian army from Albania
1920 First volunteer rescue squads organize in Roanoke Virginia and along the New Jersey coast
1947 Claude Beck develops first defibrillator and first human saved with defibrillation
1958 Dr Peter Safar demonstrates the efficacy of mouth-to-mouth ventilation
1960 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is shown to be efficacious
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (2 of 5)
1965J Frank Pantridge converts an ambulance into a mobile coronary care unit with a portable defibrillator and recorded ten prehospital resuscitations with a 50 percent long-term survival rate
1966The National Academy of Sciences National Research Council publishes Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society
1966 Highway Safety Act of 1966 establishes the Emergency Medical Services Program in the Department of Transportation
1967 Star of Life is patented by the American Medical Association1968 ATampT designates 911 as its new national emergency number1970 National Registry of EMTs is founded1970 Television show Emergency debuts on NBC
1972 Department of Health Education and Welfare allocates $16 million to EMS demonstration programs in five states
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (3 of 5)
1973
The Emergency Medical Services Systems (EMSS) Act provides additional federal guidelines and funding for the development of regional EMS systems the law establishes 15 components of EMS systems
1975 National Association of EMTs is organized1979 First automated external defibrillators (AEDs) become available
1981The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act consolidates EMS funding into state preventive health and health services block grants and eliminates funding under the EMSS Act
1981 Prehospital trauma life support (PHTLS) is developed
1981 International trauma life support (ITLS) formerly basic trauma life support (BTLS) is developed
1984The EMS for Children program under the Public Health Act provides funds for enhancing the EMS system to better serve pediatric patients
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (4 of 5)
1985National Research Council publishes Injury in America A Continuing Public Health Problem describing deficiencies in the progress of addressing the problem of accidental death and disability
1988The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration initiates the Statewide EMS Technical Assessment program based on ten key components of EMS systems
1990The Trauma Care Systems and Development Act encourages development of inclusive trauma systems and provides funding to states for trauma system planning implementation and evaluation
1993The Institute of Medicine publishes Emergency Medical Services for Children which points out deficiencies in our health care systemrsquos ability to address the emergency medical needs of pediatric patients
1995 Congress does not reauthorize funding under the Trauma Care Systems and Development Act
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (5 of 5)
1999 President Clinton signs bill designating 911 as national emergency number
2003 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) becomes effective strictly regulating the flow of confidential information
2006The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration publishes Emergency Medical Services Agenda for the Future to guide the development of EMS in the United States in the twenty-first century
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ancient tabletsndash Step-by-step instructions for patient carendash How to create medications
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Code of Hammurabi governed criminal and civil matters regulation of medical fees and penalties
ndash Out-of-hospital care transportndash Dominique-Jean Larrey (Napoleons chief surgeon)
first prehospital system using triage and transport
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ambulances in US nineteenth centuryndash Nurse Clara Barton organized triage and transport
during Civil Warndash First civilian ambulance 1860 in Cincinnatindash Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan (1869) began to
operate ambulance service
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash WWI high mortality rate of soldiers associated with evacuation time
ndash WWII transport to echelons (levels) of care createdndash Hospitals experimented with placing physician interns
on ambulances
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash Korean War helicopters moved injured to mobile army surgical hospitals (MASHs)
ndash Set stage for trauma system in USndash 1956 mouth-to-mouth resuscitation ndash 1959 portable defibrillatorndash 1960 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
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Figure 2-2 Medical evacuation helicopters colloquially called ldquoDustoffrdquo saved many lives during the Vietnam War(Dust off copy Joe Kline Aviation Art)
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1966 Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society (White Paper)
ndash Guidelines for Development of EMS systems Training of prehospital emergency medical providers Upgrading of ambulances and equipment
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1970 National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians established
ndash 1972 television show Emergency public attention to prehospital care
ndash 1973 Emergency Medical Services Systems Act
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Manpowerndash Trainingndash Communicationsndash Transportationndash Emergency facilities
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Critical care unitsndash Public safety agenciesndash Consumer participationndash Access to carendash Patient transfer
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Standardized record keepingndash Public information and educationndash System review and evaluationndash Disaster management plansndash Mutual aid
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Regulation and policyndash Resources managementndash Human resources and trainingndash Transportationndash Facilities
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Communicationsndash Trauma systemsndash Public information and educationndash Medical directionndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1980s Helicopter air ambulances (HAA) developedndash 1996 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) published EMS Agenda for the Future
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Integration of health servicesndash EMS researchndash Legislation and regulationndash System financendash Human resourcesndash Medical directionndash Education systems
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Public educationndash Preventionndash Public accessndash Communication systemsndash Clinical carendash Information systemsndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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History of EMSbull Most significant advances in EMS during last 50
years
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Table 2ndash1 An EMS Timeline (1 of 5)
1797Napoleonrsquos chief physician implements a prehospital system designed to triage and transport the injured from the field to aid stations
1860s Civilian ambulance services begin in Cincinnati and New York City
1891 Dr Friedrich Maass performs the first equivocally documented chest compression in humans
1915 First-known air medical transport occurs during the retreat of the Serbian army from Albania
1920 First volunteer rescue squads organize in Roanoke Virginia and along the New Jersey coast
1947 Claude Beck develops first defibrillator and first human saved with defibrillation
1958 Dr Peter Safar demonstrates the efficacy of mouth-to-mouth ventilation
1960 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is shown to be efficacious
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (2 of 5)
1965J Frank Pantridge converts an ambulance into a mobile coronary care unit with a portable defibrillator and recorded ten prehospital resuscitations with a 50 percent long-term survival rate
1966The National Academy of Sciences National Research Council publishes Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society
1966 Highway Safety Act of 1966 establishes the Emergency Medical Services Program in the Department of Transportation
1967 Star of Life is patented by the American Medical Association1968 ATampT designates 911 as its new national emergency number1970 National Registry of EMTs is founded1970 Television show Emergency debuts on NBC
1972 Department of Health Education and Welfare allocates $16 million to EMS demonstration programs in five states
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (3 of 5)
1973
The Emergency Medical Services Systems (EMSS) Act provides additional federal guidelines and funding for the development of regional EMS systems the law establishes 15 components of EMS systems
1975 National Association of EMTs is organized1979 First automated external defibrillators (AEDs) become available
1981The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act consolidates EMS funding into state preventive health and health services block grants and eliminates funding under the EMSS Act
1981 Prehospital trauma life support (PHTLS) is developed
1981 International trauma life support (ITLS) formerly basic trauma life support (BTLS) is developed
1984The EMS for Children program under the Public Health Act provides funds for enhancing the EMS system to better serve pediatric patients
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (4 of 5)
1985National Research Council publishes Injury in America A Continuing Public Health Problem describing deficiencies in the progress of addressing the problem of accidental death and disability
1988The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration initiates the Statewide EMS Technical Assessment program based on ten key components of EMS systems
1990The Trauma Care Systems and Development Act encourages development of inclusive trauma systems and provides funding to states for trauma system planning implementation and evaluation
1993The Institute of Medicine publishes Emergency Medical Services for Children which points out deficiencies in our health care systemrsquos ability to address the emergency medical needs of pediatric patients
1995 Congress does not reauthorize funding under the Trauma Care Systems and Development Act
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (5 of 5)
1999 President Clinton signs bill designating 911 as national emergency number
2003 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) becomes effective strictly regulating the flow of confidential information
2006The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration publishes Emergency Medical Services Agenda for the Future to guide the development of EMS in the United States in the twenty-first century
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ancient tabletsndash Step-by-step instructions for patient carendash How to create medications
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Code of Hammurabi governed criminal and civil matters regulation of medical fees and penalties
ndash Out-of-hospital care transportndash Dominique-Jean Larrey (Napoleons chief surgeon)
first prehospital system using triage and transport
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ambulances in US nineteenth centuryndash Nurse Clara Barton organized triage and transport
during Civil Warndash First civilian ambulance 1860 in Cincinnatindash Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan (1869) began to
operate ambulance service
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash WWI high mortality rate of soldiers associated with evacuation time
ndash WWII transport to echelons (levels) of care createdndash Hospitals experimented with placing physician interns
on ambulances
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash Korean War helicopters moved injured to mobile army surgical hospitals (MASHs)
ndash Set stage for trauma system in USndash 1956 mouth-to-mouth resuscitation ndash 1959 portable defibrillatorndash 1960 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
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Figure 2-2 Medical evacuation helicopters colloquially called ldquoDustoffrdquo saved many lives during the Vietnam War(Dust off copy Joe Kline Aviation Art)
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1966 Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society (White Paper)
ndash Guidelines for Development of EMS systems Training of prehospital emergency medical providers Upgrading of ambulances and equipment
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1970 National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians established
ndash 1972 television show Emergency public attention to prehospital care
ndash 1973 Emergency Medical Services Systems Act
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Manpowerndash Trainingndash Communicationsndash Transportationndash Emergency facilities
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Critical care unitsndash Public safety agenciesndash Consumer participationndash Access to carendash Patient transfer
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Standardized record keepingndash Public information and educationndash System review and evaluationndash Disaster management plansndash Mutual aid
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Regulation and policyndash Resources managementndash Human resources and trainingndash Transportationndash Facilities
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Communicationsndash Trauma systemsndash Public information and educationndash Medical directionndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1980s Helicopter air ambulances (HAA) developedndash 1996 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) published EMS Agenda for the Future
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Integration of health servicesndash EMS researchndash Legislation and regulationndash System financendash Human resourcesndash Medical directionndash Education systems
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Public educationndash Preventionndash Public accessndash Communication systemsndash Clinical carendash Information systemsndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Table 2ndash1 An EMS Timeline (1 of 5)
1797Napoleonrsquos chief physician implements a prehospital system designed to triage and transport the injured from the field to aid stations
1860s Civilian ambulance services begin in Cincinnati and New York City
1891 Dr Friedrich Maass performs the first equivocally documented chest compression in humans
1915 First-known air medical transport occurs during the retreat of the Serbian army from Albania
1920 First volunteer rescue squads organize in Roanoke Virginia and along the New Jersey coast
1947 Claude Beck develops first defibrillator and first human saved with defibrillation
1958 Dr Peter Safar demonstrates the efficacy of mouth-to-mouth ventilation
1960 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is shown to be efficacious
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (2 of 5)
1965J Frank Pantridge converts an ambulance into a mobile coronary care unit with a portable defibrillator and recorded ten prehospital resuscitations with a 50 percent long-term survival rate
1966The National Academy of Sciences National Research Council publishes Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society
1966 Highway Safety Act of 1966 establishes the Emergency Medical Services Program in the Department of Transportation
1967 Star of Life is patented by the American Medical Association1968 ATampT designates 911 as its new national emergency number1970 National Registry of EMTs is founded1970 Television show Emergency debuts on NBC
1972 Department of Health Education and Welfare allocates $16 million to EMS demonstration programs in five states
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (3 of 5)
1973
The Emergency Medical Services Systems (EMSS) Act provides additional federal guidelines and funding for the development of regional EMS systems the law establishes 15 components of EMS systems
1975 National Association of EMTs is organized1979 First automated external defibrillators (AEDs) become available
1981The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act consolidates EMS funding into state preventive health and health services block grants and eliminates funding under the EMSS Act
1981 Prehospital trauma life support (PHTLS) is developed
1981 International trauma life support (ITLS) formerly basic trauma life support (BTLS) is developed
1984The EMS for Children program under the Public Health Act provides funds for enhancing the EMS system to better serve pediatric patients
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (4 of 5)
1985National Research Council publishes Injury in America A Continuing Public Health Problem describing deficiencies in the progress of addressing the problem of accidental death and disability
1988The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration initiates the Statewide EMS Technical Assessment program based on ten key components of EMS systems
1990The Trauma Care Systems and Development Act encourages development of inclusive trauma systems and provides funding to states for trauma system planning implementation and evaluation
1993The Institute of Medicine publishes Emergency Medical Services for Children which points out deficiencies in our health care systemrsquos ability to address the emergency medical needs of pediatric patients
1995 Congress does not reauthorize funding under the Trauma Care Systems and Development Act
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (5 of 5)
1999 President Clinton signs bill designating 911 as national emergency number
2003 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) becomes effective strictly regulating the flow of confidential information
2006The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration publishes Emergency Medical Services Agenda for the Future to guide the development of EMS in the United States in the twenty-first century
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ancient tabletsndash Step-by-step instructions for patient carendash How to create medications
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Code of Hammurabi governed criminal and civil matters regulation of medical fees and penalties
ndash Out-of-hospital care transportndash Dominique-Jean Larrey (Napoleons chief surgeon)
first prehospital system using triage and transport
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ambulances in US nineteenth centuryndash Nurse Clara Barton organized triage and transport
during Civil Warndash First civilian ambulance 1860 in Cincinnatindash Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan (1869) began to
operate ambulance service
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash WWI high mortality rate of soldiers associated with evacuation time
ndash WWII transport to echelons (levels) of care createdndash Hospitals experimented with placing physician interns
on ambulances
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash Korean War helicopters moved injured to mobile army surgical hospitals (MASHs)
ndash Set stage for trauma system in USndash 1956 mouth-to-mouth resuscitation ndash 1959 portable defibrillatorndash 1960 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
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Figure 2-2 Medical evacuation helicopters colloquially called ldquoDustoffrdquo saved many lives during the Vietnam War(Dust off copy Joe Kline Aviation Art)
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1966 Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society (White Paper)
ndash Guidelines for Development of EMS systems Training of prehospital emergency medical providers Upgrading of ambulances and equipment
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1970 National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians established
ndash 1972 television show Emergency public attention to prehospital care
ndash 1973 Emergency Medical Services Systems Act
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Manpowerndash Trainingndash Communicationsndash Transportationndash Emergency facilities
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Critical care unitsndash Public safety agenciesndash Consumer participationndash Access to carendash Patient transfer
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Standardized record keepingndash Public information and educationndash System review and evaluationndash Disaster management plansndash Mutual aid
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Regulation and policyndash Resources managementndash Human resources and trainingndash Transportationndash Facilities
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Communicationsndash Trauma systemsndash Public information and educationndash Medical directionndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1980s Helicopter air ambulances (HAA) developedndash 1996 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) published EMS Agenda for the Future
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Integration of health servicesndash EMS researchndash Legislation and regulationndash System financendash Human resourcesndash Medical directionndash Education systems
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Public educationndash Preventionndash Public accessndash Communication systemsndash Clinical carendash Information systemsndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (2 of 5)
1965J Frank Pantridge converts an ambulance into a mobile coronary care unit with a portable defibrillator and recorded ten prehospital resuscitations with a 50 percent long-term survival rate
1966The National Academy of Sciences National Research Council publishes Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society
1966 Highway Safety Act of 1966 establishes the Emergency Medical Services Program in the Department of Transportation
1967 Star of Life is patented by the American Medical Association1968 ATampT designates 911 as its new national emergency number1970 National Registry of EMTs is founded1970 Television show Emergency debuts on NBC
1972 Department of Health Education and Welfare allocates $16 million to EMS demonstration programs in five states
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (3 of 5)
1973
The Emergency Medical Services Systems (EMSS) Act provides additional federal guidelines and funding for the development of regional EMS systems the law establishes 15 components of EMS systems
1975 National Association of EMTs is organized1979 First automated external defibrillators (AEDs) become available
1981The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act consolidates EMS funding into state preventive health and health services block grants and eliminates funding under the EMSS Act
1981 Prehospital trauma life support (PHTLS) is developed
1981 International trauma life support (ITLS) formerly basic trauma life support (BTLS) is developed
1984The EMS for Children program under the Public Health Act provides funds for enhancing the EMS system to better serve pediatric patients
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (4 of 5)
1985National Research Council publishes Injury in America A Continuing Public Health Problem describing deficiencies in the progress of addressing the problem of accidental death and disability
1988The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration initiates the Statewide EMS Technical Assessment program based on ten key components of EMS systems
1990The Trauma Care Systems and Development Act encourages development of inclusive trauma systems and provides funding to states for trauma system planning implementation and evaluation
1993The Institute of Medicine publishes Emergency Medical Services for Children which points out deficiencies in our health care systemrsquos ability to address the emergency medical needs of pediatric patients
1995 Congress does not reauthorize funding under the Trauma Care Systems and Development Act
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (5 of 5)
1999 President Clinton signs bill designating 911 as national emergency number
2003 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) becomes effective strictly regulating the flow of confidential information
2006The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration publishes Emergency Medical Services Agenda for the Future to guide the development of EMS in the United States in the twenty-first century
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ancient tabletsndash Step-by-step instructions for patient carendash How to create medications
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Code of Hammurabi governed criminal and civil matters regulation of medical fees and penalties
ndash Out-of-hospital care transportndash Dominique-Jean Larrey (Napoleons chief surgeon)
first prehospital system using triage and transport
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ambulances in US nineteenth centuryndash Nurse Clara Barton organized triage and transport
during Civil Warndash First civilian ambulance 1860 in Cincinnatindash Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan (1869) began to
operate ambulance service
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash WWI high mortality rate of soldiers associated with evacuation time
ndash WWII transport to echelons (levels) of care createdndash Hospitals experimented with placing physician interns
on ambulances
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash Korean War helicopters moved injured to mobile army surgical hospitals (MASHs)
ndash Set stage for trauma system in USndash 1956 mouth-to-mouth resuscitation ndash 1959 portable defibrillatorndash 1960 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
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Figure 2-2 Medical evacuation helicopters colloquially called ldquoDustoffrdquo saved many lives during the Vietnam War(Dust off copy Joe Kline Aviation Art)
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1966 Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society (White Paper)
ndash Guidelines for Development of EMS systems Training of prehospital emergency medical providers Upgrading of ambulances and equipment
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1970 National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians established
ndash 1972 television show Emergency public attention to prehospital care
ndash 1973 Emergency Medical Services Systems Act
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Manpowerndash Trainingndash Communicationsndash Transportationndash Emergency facilities
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Critical care unitsndash Public safety agenciesndash Consumer participationndash Access to carendash Patient transfer
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Standardized record keepingndash Public information and educationndash System review and evaluationndash Disaster management plansndash Mutual aid
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Regulation and policyndash Resources managementndash Human resources and trainingndash Transportationndash Facilities
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Communicationsndash Trauma systemsndash Public information and educationndash Medical directionndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1980s Helicopter air ambulances (HAA) developedndash 1996 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) published EMS Agenda for the Future
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Integration of health servicesndash EMS researchndash Legislation and regulationndash System financendash Human resourcesndash Medical directionndash Education systems
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Public educationndash Preventionndash Public accessndash Communication systemsndash Clinical carendash Information systemsndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (3 of 5)
1973
The Emergency Medical Services Systems (EMSS) Act provides additional federal guidelines and funding for the development of regional EMS systems the law establishes 15 components of EMS systems
1975 National Association of EMTs is organized1979 First automated external defibrillators (AEDs) become available
1981The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act consolidates EMS funding into state preventive health and health services block grants and eliminates funding under the EMSS Act
1981 Prehospital trauma life support (PHTLS) is developed
1981 International trauma life support (ITLS) formerly basic trauma life support (BTLS) is developed
1984The EMS for Children program under the Public Health Act provides funds for enhancing the EMS system to better serve pediatric patients
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (4 of 5)
1985National Research Council publishes Injury in America A Continuing Public Health Problem describing deficiencies in the progress of addressing the problem of accidental death and disability
1988The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration initiates the Statewide EMS Technical Assessment program based on ten key components of EMS systems
1990The Trauma Care Systems and Development Act encourages development of inclusive trauma systems and provides funding to states for trauma system planning implementation and evaluation
1993The Institute of Medicine publishes Emergency Medical Services for Children which points out deficiencies in our health care systemrsquos ability to address the emergency medical needs of pediatric patients
1995 Congress does not reauthorize funding under the Trauma Care Systems and Development Act
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (5 of 5)
1999 President Clinton signs bill designating 911 as national emergency number
2003 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) becomes effective strictly regulating the flow of confidential information
2006The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration publishes Emergency Medical Services Agenda for the Future to guide the development of EMS in the United States in the twenty-first century
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ancient tabletsndash Step-by-step instructions for patient carendash How to create medications
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Code of Hammurabi governed criminal and civil matters regulation of medical fees and penalties
ndash Out-of-hospital care transportndash Dominique-Jean Larrey (Napoleons chief surgeon)
first prehospital system using triage and transport
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ambulances in US nineteenth centuryndash Nurse Clara Barton organized triage and transport
during Civil Warndash First civilian ambulance 1860 in Cincinnatindash Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan (1869) began to
operate ambulance service
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash WWI high mortality rate of soldiers associated with evacuation time
ndash WWII transport to echelons (levels) of care createdndash Hospitals experimented with placing physician interns
on ambulances
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash Korean War helicopters moved injured to mobile army surgical hospitals (MASHs)
ndash Set stage for trauma system in USndash 1956 mouth-to-mouth resuscitation ndash 1959 portable defibrillatorndash 1960 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
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Figure 2-2 Medical evacuation helicopters colloquially called ldquoDustoffrdquo saved many lives during the Vietnam War(Dust off copy Joe Kline Aviation Art)
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1966 Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society (White Paper)
ndash Guidelines for Development of EMS systems Training of prehospital emergency medical providers Upgrading of ambulances and equipment
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1970 National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians established
ndash 1972 television show Emergency public attention to prehospital care
ndash 1973 Emergency Medical Services Systems Act
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Manpowerndash Trainingndash Communicationsndash Transportationndash Emergency facilities
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Critical care unitsndash Public safety agenciesndash Consumer participationndash Access to carendash Patient transfer
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Standardized record keepingndash Public information and educationndash System review and evaluationndash Disaster management plansndash Mutual aid
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Regulation and policyndash Resources managementndash Human resources and trainingndash Transportationndash Facilities
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Communicationsndash Trauma systemsndash Public information and educationndash Medical directionndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1980s Helicopter air ambulances (HAA) developedndash 1996 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) published EMS Agenda for the Future
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Integration of health servicesndash EMS researchndash Legislation and regulationndash System financendash Human resourcesndash Medical directionndash Education systems
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Public educationndash Preventionndash Public accessndash Communication systemsndash Clinical carendash Information systemsndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (4 of 5)
1985National Research Council publishes Injury in America A Continuing Public Health Problem describing deficiencies in the progress of addressing the problem of accidental death and disability
1988The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration initiates the Statewide EMS Technical Assessment program based on ten key components of EMS systems
1990The Trauma Care Systems and Development Act encourages development of inclusive trauma systems and provides funding to states for trauma system planning implementation and evaluation
1993The Institute of Medicine publishes Emergency Medical Services for Children which points out deficiencies in our health care systemrsquos ability to address the emergency medical needs of pediatric patients
1995 Congress does not reauthorize funding under the Trauma Care Systems and Development Act
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (5 of 5)
1999 President Clinton signs bill designating 911 as national emergency number
2003 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) becomes effective strictly regulating the flow of confidential information
2006The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration publishes Emergency Medical Services Agenda for the Future to guide the development of EMS in the United States in the twenty-first century
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ancient tabletsndash Step-by-step instructions for patient carendash How to create medications
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Code of Hammurabi governed criminal and civil matters regulation of medical fees and penalties
ndash Out-of-hospital care transportndash Dominique-Jean Larrey (Napoleons chief surgeon)
first prehospital system using triage and transport
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ambulances in US nineteenth centuryndash Nurse Clara Barton organized triage and transport
during Civil Warndash First civilian ambulance 1860 in Cincinnatindash Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan (1869) began to
operate ambulance service
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash WWI high mortality rate of soldiers associated with evacuation time
ndash WWII transport to echelons (levels) of care createdndash Hospitals experimented with placing physician interns
on ambulances
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash Korean War helicopters moved injured to mobile army surgical hospitals (MASHs)
ndash Set stage for trauma system in USndash 1956 mouth-to-mouth resuscitation ndash 1959 portable defibrillatorndash 1960 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
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Figure 2-2 Medical evacuation helicopters colloquially called ldquoDustoffrdquo saved many lives during the Vietnam War(Dust off copy Joe Kline Aviation Art)
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1966 Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society (White Paper)
ndash Guidelines for Development of EMS systems Training of prehospital emergency medical providers Upgrading of ambulances and equipment
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1970 National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians established
ndash 1972 television show Emergency public attention to prehospital care
ndash 1973 Emergency Medical Services Systems Act
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Manpowerndash Trainingndash Communicationsndash Transportationndash Emergency facilities
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Critical care unitsndash Public safety agenciesndash Consumer participationndash Access to carendash Patient transfer
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Standardized record keepingndash Public information and educationndash System review and evaluationndash Disaster management plansndash Mutual aid
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Regulation and policyndash Resources managementndash Human resources and trainingndash Transportationndash Facilities
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Communicationsndash Trauma systemsndash Public information and educationndash Medical directionndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1980s Helicopter air ambulances (HAA) developedndash 1996 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) published EMS Agenda for the Future
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Integration of health servicesndash EMS researchndash Legislation and regulationndash System financendash Human resourcesndash Medical directionndash Education systems
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Public educationndash Preventionndash Public accessndash Communication systemsndash Clinical carendash Information systemsndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Table 2ndash1 (continued) An EMS Timeline (5 of 5)
1999 President Clinton signs bill designating 911 as national emergency number
2003 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) becomes effective strictly regulating the flow of confidential information
2006The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration publishes Emergency Medical Services Agenda for the Future to guide the development of EMS in the United States in the twenty-first century
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ancient tabletsndash Step-by-step instructions for patient carendash How to create medications
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Code of Hammurabi governed criminal and civil matters regulation of medical fees and penalties
ndash Out-of-hospital care transportndash Dominique-Jean Larrey (Napoleons chief surgeon)
first prehospital system using triage and transport
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ambulances in US nineteenth centuryndash Nurse Clara Barton organized triage and transport
during Civil Warndash First civilian ambulance 1860 in Cincinnatindash Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan (1869) began to
operate ambulance service
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash WWI high mortality rate of soldiers associated with evacuation time
ndash WWII transport to echelons (levels) of care createdndash Hospitals experimented with placing physician interns
on ambulances
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash Korean War helicopters moved injured to mobile army surgical hospitals (MASHs)
ndash Set stage for trauma system in USndash 1956 mouth-to-mouth resuscitation ndash 1959 portable defibrillatorndash 1960 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
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Figure 2-2 Medical evacuation helicopters colloquially called ldquoDustoffrdquo saved many lives during the Vietnam War(Dust off copy Joe Kline Aviation Art)
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1966 Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society (White Paper)
ndash Guidelines for Development of EMS systems Training of prehospital emergency medical providers Upgrading of ambulances and equipment
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1970 National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians established
ndash 1972 television show Emergency public attention to prehospital care
ndash 1973 Emergency Medical Services Systems Act
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Manpowerndash Trainingndash Communicationsndash Transportationndash Emergency facilities
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Critical care unitsndash Public safety agenciesndash Consumer participationndash Access to carendash Patient transfer
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Standardized record keepingndash Public information and educationndash System review and evaluationndash Disaster management plansndash Mutual aid
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Regulation and policyndash Resources managementndash Human resources and trainingndash Transportationndash Facilities
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Communicationsndash Trauma systemsndash Public information and educationndash Medical directionndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1980s Helicopter air ambulances (HAA) developedndash 1996 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) published EMS Agenda for the Future
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Integration of health servicesndash EMS researchndash Legislation and regulationndash System financendash Human resourcesndash Medical directionndash Education systems
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Public educationndash Preventionndash Public accessndash Communication systemsndash Clinical carendash Information systemsndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ancient tabletsndash Step-by-step instructions for patient carendash How to create medications
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Code of Hammurabi governed criminal and civil matters regulation of medical fees and penalties
ndash Out-of-hospital care transportndash Dominique-Jean Larrey (Napoleons chief surgeon)
first prehospital system using triage and transport
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ambulances in US nineteenth centuryndash Nurse Clara Barton organized triage and transport
during Civil Warndash First civilian ambulance 1860 in Cincinnatindash Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan (1869) began to
operate ambulance service
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash WWI high mortality rate of soldiers associated with evacuation time
ndash WWII transport to echelons (levels) of care createdndash Hospitals experimented with placing physician interns
on ambulances
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash Korean War helicopters moved injured to mobile army surgical hospitals (MASHs)
ndash Set stage for trauma system in USndash 1956 mouth-to-mouth resuscitation ndash 1959 portable defibrillatorndash 1960 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
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Figure 2-2 Medical evacuation helicopters colloquially called ldquoDustoffrdquo saved many lives during the Vietnam War(Dust off copy Joe Kline Aviation Art)
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1966 Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society (White Paper)
ndash Guidelines for Development of EMS systems Training of prehospital emergency medical providers Upgrading of ambulances and equipment
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1970 National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians established
ndash 1972 television show Emergency public attention to prehospital care
ndash 1973 Emergency Medical Services Systems Act
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Manpowerndash Trainingndash Communicationsndash Transportationndash Emergency facilities
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Critical care unitsndash Public safety agenciesndash Consumer participationndash Access to carendash Patient transfer
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Standardized record keepingndash Public information and educationndash System review and evaluationndash Disaster management plansndash Mutual aid
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Regulation and policyndash Resources managementndash Human resources and trainingndash Transportationndash Facilities
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Communicationsndash Trauma systemsndash Public information and educationndash Medical directionndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1980s Helicopter air ambulances (HAA) developedndash 1996 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) published EMS Agenda for the Future
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Integration of health servicesndash EMS researchndash Legislation and regulationndash System financendash Human resourcesndash Medical directionndash Education systems
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Public educationndash Preventionndash Public accessndash Communication systemsndash Clinical carendash Information systemsndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Code of Hammurabi governed criminal and civil matters regulation of medical fees and penalties
ndash Out-of-hospital care transportndash Dominique-Jean Larrey (Napoleons chief surgeon)
first prehospital system using triage and transport
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ambulances in US nineteenth centuryndash Nurse Clara Barton organized triage and transport
during Civil Warndash First civilian ambulance 1860 in Cincinnatindash Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan (1869) began to
operate ambulance service
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash WWI high mortality rate of soldiers associated with evacuation time
ndash WWII transport to echelons (levels) of care createdndash Hospitals experimented with placing physician interns
on ambulances
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash Korean War helicopters moved injured to mobile army surgical hospitals (MASHs)
ndash Set stage for trauma system in USndash 1956 mouth-to-mouth resuscitation ndash 1959 portable defibrillatorndash 1960 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
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Figure 2-2 Medical evacuation helicopters colloquially called ldquoDustoffrdquo saved many lives during the Vietnam War(Dust off copy Joe Kline Aviation Art)
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1966 Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society (White Paper)
ndash Guidelines for Development of EMS systems Training of prehospital emergency medical providers Upgrading of ambulances and equipment
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1970 National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians established
ndash 1972 television show Emergency public attention to prehospital care
ndash 1973 Emergency Medical Services Systems Act
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Manpowerndash Trainingndash Communicationsndash Transportationndash Emergency facilities
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Critical care unitsndash Public safety agenciesndash Consumer participationndash Access to carendash Patient transfer
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Standardized record keepingndash Public information and educationndash System review and evaluationndash Disaster management plansndash Mutual aid
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Regulation and policyndash Resources managementndash Human resources and trainingndash Transportationndash Facilities
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Communicationsndash Trauma systemsndash Public information and educationndash Medical directionndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1980s Helicopter air ambulances (HAA) developedndash 1996 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) published EMS Agenda for the Future
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Integration of health servicesndash EMS researchndash Legislation and regulationndash System financendash Human resourcesndash Medical directionndash Education systems
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Public educationndash Preventionndash Public accessndash Communication systemsndash Clinical carendash Information systemsndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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History of EMSbull Early Development
ndash Ambulances in US nineteenth centuryndash Nurse Clara Barton organized triage and transport
during Civil Warndash First civilian ambulance 1860 in Cincinnatindash Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan (1869) began to
operate ambulance service
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash WWI high mortality rate of soldiers associated with evacuation time
ndash WWII transport to echelons (levels) of care createdndash Hospitals experimented with placing physician interns
on ambulances
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash Korean War helicopters moved injured to mobile army surgical hospitals (MASHs)
ndash Set stage for trauma system in USndash 1956 mouth-to-mouth resuscitation ndash 1959 portable defibrillatorndash 1960 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
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Figure 2-2 Medical evacuation helicopters colloquially called ldquoDustoffrdquo saved many lives during the Vietnam War(Dust off copy Joe Kline Aviation Art)
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1966 Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society (White Paper)
ndash Guidelines for Development of EMS systems Training of prehospital emergency medical providers Upgrading of ambulances and equipment
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1970 National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians established
ndash 1972 television show Emergency public attention to prehospital care
ndash 1973 Emergency Medical Services Systems Act
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Manpowerndash Trainingndash Communicationsndash Transportationndash Emergency facilities
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Critical care unitsndash Public safety agenciesndash Consumer participationndash Access to carendash Patient transfer
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Standardized record keepingndash Public information and educationndash System review and evaluationndash Disaster management plansndash Mutual aid
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Regulation and policyndash Resources managementndash Human resources and trainingndash Transportationndash Facilities
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Communicationsndash Trauma systemsndash Public information and educationndash Medical directionndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1980s Helicopter air ambulances (HAA) developedndash 1996 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) published EMS Agenda for the Future
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Integration of health servicesndash EMS researchndash Legislation and regulationndash System financendash Human resourcesndash Medical directionndash Education systems
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Public educationndash Preventionndash Public accessndash Communication systemsndash Clinical carendash Information systemsndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash WWI high mortality rate of soldiers associated with evacuation time
ndash WWII transport to echelons (levels) of care createdndash Hospitals experimented with placing physician interns
on ambulances
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash Korean War helicopters moved injured to mobile army surgical hospitals (MASHs)
ndash Set stage for trauma system in USndash 1956 mouth-to-mouth resuscitation ndash 1959 portable defibrillatorndash 1960 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
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Figure 2-2 Medical evacuation helicopters colloquially called ldquoDustoffrdquo saved many lives during the Vietnam War(Dust off copy Joe Kline Aviation Art)
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1966 Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society (White Paper)
ndash Guidelines for Development of EMS systems Training of prehospital emergency medical providers Upgrading of ambulances and equipment
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1970 National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians established
ndash 1972 television show Emergency public attention to prehospital care
ndash 1973 Emergency Medical Services Systems Act
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Manpowerndash Trainingndash Communicationsndash Transportationndash Emergency facilities
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Critical care unitsndash Public safety agenciesndash Consumer participationndash Access to carendash Patient transfer
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Standardized record keepingndash Public information and educationndash System review and evaluationndash Disaster management plansndash Mutual aid
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Regulation and policyndash Resources managementndash Human resources and trainingndash Transportationndash Facilities
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Communicationsndash Trauma systemsndash Public information and educationndash Medical directionndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1980s Helicopter air ambulances (HAA) developedndash 1996 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) published EMS Agenda for the Future
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Integration of health servicesndash EMS researchndash Legislation and regulationndash System financendash Human resourcesndash Medical directionndash Education systems
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Public educationndash Preventionndash Public accessndash Communication systemsndash Clinical carendash Information systemsndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash Korean War helicopters moved injured to mobile army surgical hospitals (MASHs)
ndash Set stage for trauma system in USndash 1956 mouth-to-mouth resuscitation ndash 1959 portable defibrillatorndash 1960 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
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Figure 2-2 Medical evacuation helicopters colloquially called ldquoDustoffrdquo saved many lives during the Vietnam War(Dust off copy Joe Kline Aviation Art)
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1966 Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society (White Paper)
ndash Guidelines for Development of EMS systems Training of prehospital emergency medical providers Upgrading of ambulances and equipment
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1970 National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians established
ndash 1972 television show Emergency public attention to prehospital care
ndash 1973 Emergency Medical Services Systems Act
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Manpowerndash Trainingndash Communicationsndash Transportationndash Emergency facilities
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Critical care unitsndash Public safety agenciesndash Consumer participationndash Access to carendash Patient transfer
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Standardized record keepingndash Public information and educationndash System review and evaluationndash Disaster management plansndash Mutual aid
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Regulation and policyndash Resources managementndash Human resources and trainingndash Transportationndash Facilities
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Communicationsndash Trauma systemsndash Public information and educationndash Medical directionndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1980s Helicopter air ambulances (HAA) developedndash 1996 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) published EMS Agenda for the Future
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Integration of health servicesndash EMS researchndash Legislation and regulationndash System financendash Human resourcesndash Medical directionndash Education systems
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Public educationndash Preventionndash Public accessndash Communication systemsndash Clinical carendash Information systemsndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Figure 2-2 Medical evacuation helicopters colloquially called ldquoDustoffrdquo saved many lives during the Vietnam War(Dust off copy Joe Kline Aviation Art)
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1966 Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society (White Paper)
ndash Guidelines for Development of EMS systems Training of prehospital emergency medical providers Upgrading of ambulances and equipment
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1970 National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians established
ndash 1972 television show Emergency public attention to prehospital care
ndash 1973 Emergency Medical Services Systems Act
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Manpowerndash Trainingndash Communicationsndash Transportationndash Emergency facilities
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Critical care unitsndash Public safety agenciesndash Consumer participationndash Access to carendash Patient transfer
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Standardized record keepingndash Public information and educationndash System review and evaluationndash Disaster management plansndash Mutual aid
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Regulation and policyndash Resources managementndash Human resources and trainingndash Transportationndash Facilities
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Communicationsndash Trauma systemsndash Public information and educationndash Medical directionndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1980s Helicopter air ambulances (HAA) developedndash 1996 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) published EMS Agenda for the Future
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Integration of health servicesndash EMS researchndash Legislation and regulationndash System financendash Human resourcesndash Medical directionndash Education systems
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Public educationndash Preventionndash Public accessndash Communication systemsndash Clinical carendash Information systemsndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1966 Accidental Death and Disability The Neglected Disease of Modern Society (White Paper)
ndash Guidelines for Development of EMS systems Training of prehospital emergency medical providers Upgrading of ambulances and equipment
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1970 National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians established
ndash 1972 television show Emergency public attention to prehospital care
ndash 1973 Emergency Medical Services Systems Act
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Manpowerndash Trainingndash Communicationsndash Transportationndash Emergency facilities
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Critical care unitsndash Public safety agenciesndash Consumer participationndash Access to carendash Patient transfer
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Standardized record keepingndash Public information and educationndash System review and evaluationndash Disaster management plansndash Mutual aid
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Regulation and policyndash Resources managementndash Human resources and trainingndash Transportationndash Facilities
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Communicationsndash Trauma systemsndash Public information and educationndash Medical directionndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1980s Helicopter air ambulances (HAA) developedndash 1996 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) published EMS Agenda for the Future
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Integration of health servicesndash EMS researchndash Legislation and regulationndash System financendash Human resourcesndash Medical directionndash Education systems
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Public educationndash Preventionndash Public accessndash Communication systemsndash Clinical carendash Information systemsndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1970 National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians established
ndash 1972 television show Emergency public attention to prehospital care
ndash 1973 Emergency Medical Services Systems Act
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Manpowerndash Trainingndash Communicationsndash Transportationndash Emergency facilities
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Critical care unitsndash Public safety agenciesndash Consumer participationndash Access to carendash Patient transfer
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Standardized record keepingndash Public information and educationndash System review and evaluationndash Disaster management plansndash Mutual aid
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Regulation and policyndash Resources managementndash Human resources and trainingndash Transportationndash Facilities
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Communicationsndash Trauma systemsndash Public information and educationndash Medical directionndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1980s Helicopter air ambulances (HAA) developedndash 1996 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) published EMS Agenda for the Future
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Integration of health servicesndash EMS researchndash Legislation and regulationndash System financendash Human resourcesndash Medical directionndash Education systems
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Public educationndash Preventionndash Public accessndash Communication systemsndash Clinical carendash Information systemsndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Manpowerndash Trainingndash Communicationsndash Transportationndash Emergency facilities
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Critical care unitsndash Public safety agenciesndash Consumer participationndash Access to carendash Patient transfer
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Standardized record keepingndash Public information and educationndash System review and evaluationndash Disaster management plansndash Mutual aid
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Regulation and policyndash Resources managementndash Human resources and trainingndash Transportationndash Facilities
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Communicationsndash Trauma systemsndash Public information and educationndash Medical directionndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1980s Helicopter air ambulances (HAA) developedndash 1996 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) published EMS Agenda for the Future
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Integration of health servicesndash EMS researchndash Legislation and regulationndash System financendash Human resourcesndash Medical directionndash Education systems
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Public educationndash Preventionndash Public accessndash Communication systemsndash Clinical carendash Information systemsndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Critical care unitsndash Public safety agenciesndash Consumer participationndash Access to carendash Patient transfer
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Standardized record keepingndash Public information and educationndash System review and evaluationndash Disaster management plansndash Mutual aid
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Regulation and policyndash Resources managementndash Human resources and trainingndash Transportationndash Facilities
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Communicationsndash Trauma systemsndash Public information and educationndash Medical directionndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1980s Helicopter air ambulances (HAA) developedndash 1996 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) published EMS Agenda for the Future
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Integration of health servicesndash EMS researchndash Legislation and regulationndash System financendash Human resourcesndash Medical directionndash Education systems
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Public educationndash Preventionndash Public accessndash Communication systemsndash Clinical carendash Information systemsndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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History of EMSbull 15 Components of EMS Systems
ndash Standardized record keepingndash Public information and educationndash System review and evaluationndash Disaster management plansndash Mutual aid
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Regulation and policyndash Resources managementndash Human resources and trainingndash Transportationndash Facilities
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Communicationsndash Trauma systemsndash Public information and educationndash Medical directionndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1980s Helicopter air ambulances (HAA) developedndash 1996 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) published EMS Agenda for the Future
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Integration of health servicesndash EMS researchndash Legislation and regulationndash System financendash Human resourcesndash Medical directionndash Education systems
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Public educationndash Preventionndash Public accessndash Communication systemsndash Clinical carendash Information systemsndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Regulation and policyndash Resources managementndash Human resources and trainingndash Transportationndash Facilities
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Communicationsndash Trauma systemsndash Public information and educationndash Medical directionndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1980s Helicopter air ambulances (HAA) developedndash 1996 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) published EMS Agenda for the Future
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Integration of health servicesndash EMS researchndash Legislation and regulationndash System financendash Human resourcesndash Medical directionndash Education systems
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Public educationndash Preventionndash Public accessndash Communication systemsndash Clinical carendash Information systemsndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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History of EMSbull 1988 NHTSA Ten System Elements
ndash Communicationsndash Trauma systemsndash Public information and educationndash Medical directionndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1980s Helicopter air ambulances (HAA) developedndash 1996 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) published EMS Agenda for the Future
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Integration of health servicesndash EMS researchndash Legislation and regulationndash System financendash Human resourcesndash Medical directionndash Education systems
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Public educationndash Preventionndash Public accessndash Communication systemsndash Clinical carendash Information systemsndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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History of EMSbull The Twentieth Century
ndash 1980s Helicopter air ambulances (HAA) developedndash 1996 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) published EMS Agenda for the Future
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Integration of health servicesndash EMS researchndash Legislation and regulationndash System financendash Human resourcesndash Medical directionndash Education systems
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Public educationndash Preventionndash Public accessndash Communication systemsndash Clinical carendash Information systemsndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Integration of health servicesndash EMS researchndash Legislation and regulationndash System financendash Human resourcesndash Medical directionndash Education systems
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Public educationndash Preventionndash Public accessndash Communication systemsndash Clinical carendash Information systemsndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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History of EMSbull 14 Core EMS Attributes
ndash Public educationndash Preventionndash Public accessndash Communication systemsndash Clinical carendash Information systemsndash Evaluation
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash Result of September 11 Department of Homeland Security coordinates agencies
responsible for protecting country National Incident Management System (NIMS) prepares
country for terrorist attacks and other threats
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Figure 2-4 The attacks on New York City and Washington on September 11 2001 forever changed the face of EMS(copy Reuters)
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Insufficient coordination Coordination of transport within regions was limited Disparities in response times
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads Uncertain quality of care Lack of readiness for disasters Divided professional identity Limited evidence base
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2006 The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine Evaluating the Environment of Emergency Care Systems State by State
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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History of EMSbull The Twenty-First Century
ndash 2001 national medical helicopter fleet expanded from 300 to 900
ndash 2008 record number of helicopter air ambulance crashes with fatalities
ndash 2009 NTSB hearings
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Fire-based systems
bull Third service
bull Private (profit or nonprofit)
bull Hospital-based systems
bull Volunteer
bull Hybrid (combination of any of these)
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Continuum of care that begins once emergency occursndash Ends when patient completes care and returns to
normal activities of daily living
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Todays EMS Systemsbull American Heart Association Chain of Survival
ndash Immediate recognition and activation of EMSndash Early CPRndash Rapid defibrillationndash Effective advanced life supportndash Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Todays EMS Systemsbull Chain of Survival
ndash Bystander carendash Dispatchndash Responsendash Prehospital carendash Transportationndash Emergency department carendash Definitive carendash Rehabilitation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Health Care System Integration
ndash Public service access points (PSAPs) 911 call centers interface between EMS system and
communities it serves Identification of acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Levels of LicensureCertification
ndash Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)ndash Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)ndash Advanced EMT (AEMT)ndash Paramedic
bull Each level unique role set of skills knowledge base
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education
ndash 2009 National EMS Education Instructional Guidelinesndash National EMS Core Contentndash National EMS certificationndash National EMS Education program accreditationndash National EMS Scope of Practice Modelndash National EMS Education Standards
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Local- and State-Level Agencies
ndash Administrative oversight agencyndash Planning boardndash Define who may function within systemndash Policies consistent with state requirementsndash State EMS agencies allocate funds enact legislation
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Oversight
ndash Medical director physician legally responsible for all clinical and patient-care aspects of system
ndash Prehospital care providers are medical directors designated agents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Educate and train personnelndash Participate in personnel and equipment selectionndash Develop clinical protocols in cooperation with expert
EMS personnelndash Participate in quality improvement and problem
resolution
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Medical Directors Roles
ndash Provide direct input into patient carendash Interface between EMS system and other health care
agenciesndash Advocate within medical communityndash Serve as medical conscience of EMS system
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull On-line medical direction qualified physician gives
direct orders to prehospital care provider by radio or telephone
bull Intervener physician on scene or on-line medical direction may not exist paramedic relinquishes responsibility to physician
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-line medical oversight medical policies
procedures practices that system medical director has established in advance of call
ndash Prospective medical oversightndash Retrospective medical oversight
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Off-Line Medical Oversight
ndash Clinical protocols Policies and procedures of all medical components of EMS
system Responsibility of medical director
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Four Ts of Emergency Care
ndash Triagendash Treatmentndash Transportndash Transfer
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Public Information and Education
ndash Recognize emergencyndash Access systemndash Provide basic life support assistancendash Relationship between rapid emergency care and
mortality (death) rates of patientsndash Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
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Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-7 Providing disease and injury prevention education to the public has become an important role of EMS in the twenty-first century(copy Dr Bryan E Bledsoe)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Heart of regional EMS systemndash Coordinates components into organized response to
urgent medical situationsndash Citizen access (911)ndash Single control center
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Operational communications capabilitiesndash Medical communications capabilitiesndash Communications hardwarendash Communications software
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Figure 2-8 The EMS communications center is truly the heart of the modern EMS system
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Effective Communications
ndash Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Sends ambulances to scene Ensures system resources in constant readiness to respond Both medically and technically trained
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Communications
ndash EMS dispatch assigns and directs appropriate medical care to patients Interrogation protocols Response configurations System status management Prearrival caller instructions
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Initial education completing course following National EMS Education Instructional Guidelines published by US DOT Cognitive Affective Psychomotor
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Accreditation all paramedic education programs meet guidelines for faculty facilities equipment medical oversight clinical affiliations financial stability Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Education and Certification
ndash Continuing education refresher courses for recertification and periodic in-service training sessions mandatory Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency
Medical Services (CECBEMS)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Licensure occupational regulationndash Certification agency or association grants recognition
to individual who has met its qualificationsndash Registration enter name and essential information
within a particular record
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Licensure Certification Registration and
Reciprocityndash Reciprocity agency grants automatic certification or
licensure to individual who has comparable certification or licensure from another agency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull National Registry of EMTs (NREMT)
ndash Nonprofit entityndash Prepares and administers standardized tests for EMS
provider levelsndash Establishes qualifications for registration and biennial
reregistrationndash Establishes national minimum standard of competency
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ndash National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR)ndash National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)ndash National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Organizations
ndash International Flight Paramedics Association (IFPA)ndash National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)ndash National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
(NCSEMSTC)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Academic Emergency Medicinendash American Journal of Emergency Medicinendash Annals of Emergency Medicinendash Emergency Medical Servicesndash Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Professional Journals and Magazines
ndash Journal of Pediatric Emergency Medicinendash Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Carendash Prehospital Emergency Care
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull The Internet
ndash Websites designed for EMS providersndash Updated content and newsndash Accredited continuing education programsndash International EMS discussions networking
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Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Ambulance Service Video
Click here to view a video on the topic of ambulance serviceBack to Directory
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient Transportation
ndash Medical oversight designates facility based on needs of patient availability of services
ndash Transported by ground or airndash Fixed-wing aircraft when patients transported long
distancesndash Vehicles licensed meet local and state EMS
requirements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Figure 2-11 Patients may be transported by ground or air Medical helicopter transport was introduced in the 1950s during the Korean War(copy Ed Effron)
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Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-12 Fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters have become an important part of patient transport in the modern EMS system(copy REACH Air Medical Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
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Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type I conventional cab and chassis module ambulance body mounted no passageway between driver and patient compartments
ndash Type II standard van body and cab form integral unit raised roof
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-13 Type I ambulance
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Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
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Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-14 Type II ambulance
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Patient TransportationmdashAmbulances
ndash Type III specialty van with forward cab and integral body passageway from driver compartment to patient compartment
ndash Medium-duty truck chassis built for rugged durability and large storage and work areas
ndash Diesel developed for fuel economy
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-15 Type III ambulance
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-16 Some EMS systems have elected to use medium-duty ambulances that are built on a commercial truck chassis(copy Pat Songer)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Figure 2-17 The diesel unibody ambulance is becoming increasingly popular because of cost fuel economy and safety(copy Acadian Ambulance Services)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash EMS systems organize hospitals into categoriesndash Identify readiness and capabilityndash Staff to receive and treat emergency patientsndash Trauma centers chest pain centers stroke centers
specialized care capabilities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Appropriate Receiving Facilities
ndash Specialty facilities Burn trauma pediatric psychiatric perinatal cardiac spinal
poison
ndash All receiving facilities Emergency department surgical facilities lab and blood bank
medical imaging capabilities critical and intensive care units
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Mutual Aid and Mass-Casualty Preparation
ndash Ensures help available when neededndash Transcends geographical political historical
boundariesndash Disaster plan for catastrophesndash Incident command systemndash Mutual-aid agreement
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement Leadership Information and analysis Strategic quality planning Human resources development and management
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Guidelines for Quality Improvement EMS process management EMS system results Satisfaction of patients and other stakeholders
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Quality assurance (QA) program maintains continuous monitoring and measurement of clinical care delivered to patients
ndash Problem-identifying mechanism
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Continuous quality improvement (CQI) ongoing effort to refine and improve system in order to provide highest level of service possible
ndash Problem-solving methodologyndash Plan do check act
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Rules of Evidence Must be a theoretical basis for change Must be ample scientific human research to support the idea Must be clinically important Must be practical affordable teachable
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Ethics rules or standards that govern conduct of members of a particular group or profession
ndash Prehospital providers have ethical responsibility to patients and public
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash Customer satisfaction service qualityndash Medical errors
Skills-based failures Rules-based failures Knowledge-based failures
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash High-risk areas of EMS practice Hand-off Communications issues Medication issues Airway issues Dropping patients Ambulance crashes Death pronouncements
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
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Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Quality Assurance and Improvement
ndash EMS system must have clear protocolsndash Must be understood by all providersndash Standardization and organization of drugs and their
packaging helps to minimize medication errorsndash Medical error preventionndash When in doubt ask for help
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Research
ndash Component of EMS system for moral educational medical financial practical reasons
ndash Outcome studies required to justify funding and ensure future of EMS
ndash Paramedics play valuable role in data collection evaluation interpretation of research
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Conscientious explicit judicious use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients
ndash EMS personnel proficient in prehospital care exercise sound clinical judgment
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
ndash Be familiar with current and past research pertinent to prehospital care
ndash Be able to integrate that knowledge into care of patients
ndash Neither clinical experience nor external evidence alone is enough
ndash Ensures providing patients best care at lowest price
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash EMS can be Hospital-based Fire or police department-based Municipal service Private commercial business Volunteer service Some combination
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Essential Componentsfor Continuum of Carebull System Financing
ndash Fully tax-subsidized municipal systemsndash All-volunteer squads supported solely by contributionsndash Fee-for-service revenue (third-party payers)ndash Subsidized by local taxing entities
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Evolution of EMS over thousands of years
bull Many innovations result of lessons learned from military conflicts
bull EMS today result of federal legislation investment from private foundations
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull EMS provides continuum of care
bull EMS is total team effort
bull EMS systems designed with patient as highest priority
bull Each system has administrative agency
bull EMS systems activated by single universal number (911)
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Centralized communications center
bull Emergency response BLS care less than 4 minutes ALS care less than 8 minutes
bull Ground and air transport follows established protocols
bull Mutual-aid agreements ensure continuum of care during multiple-casualty incidents
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Hospitals categorized according to readiness to
provide essential or specialty services within region
bull EMS providers trained according to US DOT Instructional Guidelines
bull Continuous quality improvement program documents EMS systems performance
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans
Copyright copy 2017 2013 2009 Pearson Education Inc All Rights Reserved
Bryan E BledsoeRichard A Cherry Robert S Porter
Summarybull Ongoing research validates actions of prehospital
providers through scientific evaluation
bull EMS systems need strong stable financial plans