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EMS Systems Matching Chapter 1 Questions and Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
Match the EMS role with its correct description:
Emergency Medical Responder ✔✔Provides immediate lifesaving care before higher-level EMS arrives
Emergency Medical Technician ✔✔Provides basic emergency care and transportation
Advanced Emergency Medical Technician ✔✔Provides basic care plus certain advanced skills such as IV therapy and some medications
Paramedic ✔✔Provides the highest level of prehospital care including advanced airway and cardiac interventions
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Dispatch ✔✔Receives emergency calls, gathers information, and sends EMS units
Medical Direction ✔✔Oversees patient care and authorizes protocols and standing orders
Transportation ✔✔Moves patients safely to appropriate medical facilities
Public Access ✔✔Allows the public to activate EMS through 911 or another number
Online Medical Direction ✔✔Direct, real-time communication with a physician for instructions
Offline Medical Direction ✔✔Standing orders and protocols given in advance for EMS providers to follow
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