Across
- 2. A person trained and certified to provide advanced life support
- 4. medical facility A hospital with adequate medical resources to provide continuing care to sick or injured patients who are transported after field treatment by EMRs.
- 7. emergency medical technician A person who is able to perform basic life support skills and limited advanced life support skills.
- 9. life support Emergency lifesaving procedures performed without advanced emergency procedures to stabilize the conditions of patients who have experienced sudden illness or injury.
- 10. Medical Responder The first trained professional, such as a police officer, firefighters, lifeguards, or other rescuer, to arrive at the scene of an emergency to provide initial medical assistance.
Down
- 1. A process in which a person, an institution, or a program is evaluated and recognized as meeting certain predetermined standards to provide safe and ethical care.
- 3. life support The use of specialized equipment such as cardiac monitors, defibrillators, intravenous fluids, drug infusion, endotracheal intubation, to stabilize a patient's condition.
- 5. Safety Answering Point A fire, police, or emergency medical services agency; a 9-1-1 center; or a seven-digit telephone number used by one or all of the emergency agencies to receive and dispatch requests for emergency care; also called an Emergency Response Communications Center.
- 6. Medical Technician A person who is trained and certified to provide basic life support and certain other noninvasive prehospital medical procedures.
- 8. Response Communications Center A fire, police, or emergency medical services agency; a 9-1-1 center; or a seven-digit telephone number used by one or all of the emergency agencies to receive and dispatch requests for emergency care; also called a public safety answering point.