Emergency Medical Services (EMS) System Overview

Chief complaint, patient request, and local protocol

Performing CPR

Avoiding communication breakdowns

<p>Identifying areas of improvement through continuous review and auditing</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Regularly ignoring medical direction</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To provide care and transportation of patients to the appropriate higher level of care</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They provide medical instructions to 9-1-1 callers</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Providing basic immediate care like bleeding control and CPR/AED</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They allow dispatchers to identify the phone number and location of the caller automatically</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Battlefield medicine, ambulances operated by funeral homes, and volunteers</p> Signup and view all the answers