EMS glossary of terms

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Emergency Medical Services
EMS glossary of terms

>	AED
	Automated External Defibrillator
>	ALS
	Advanced Life Support - the services provided by paramedics for life-threatening medical emergencies.
>	BLS
	Basic Life Support - services provided by Emergency Medical Technicians.
>	CBD
	Criteria Based Dispatch
>	CEEMS
	Center for the Evaluation of Emergency Medical Services
>	CPR
	Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
>	EMD
	Emergency Medical Dispatch
>	EMS
	Emergency Medical Services
>	EMT
	Emergency Medical Technician -- Firefighters in King County are cross-trained as EMTs. Firefighter/EMTs are usually the first to arrive on-scene at a medical emergency.
>	PAD
	Public Access Defibrillation
>	REACT
	Rapid Early Action for Coronary Treatment

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BLS (Basic Life Support) Training and Education

We provide training and education for 3,500 EMTs and First Responders representing 34 Fire Departments in King County.

Criteria Based Dispatch Guidelines

Criteria Based Dispatch (CBD) is based on the recognition that the level of care (ALS vs. BLS) needed by the patient and the urgency of patient care should be the determining factors in the level of response.

Center for the Evaluation of Emergency Medical Services

The goal of CEEMS is to study pre-hospital emergencies and to develop, evaluate and implement innovative programs to improve survival from medical emergencies.

Updated: Saturday, August 30, 2003 at 02:08 PM

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