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Emergency Care and
Transportation of the Sick
and Injured 12th Edition PDF
– Complete EMT Study Guide
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Advanced EMT
An individual who has training in specific aspects of advanced life support, such as intravenous therapy, and the
administration of certain emergency medications
advanced life support (ALS)
Advanced lifesaving procedures, some of which are now being provided by the EMT
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Comprehensive legislation that is designed to protect individuals with disabilities against discrimination.
automated external defibrillator (AED)
A device that detects treatable life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias (ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia)
and delivers the appropriate electrical shock to the patient
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