Definitions

A medical caregiver with ALS (advanced life support) level training.

The rate and extent of disease.

Medical care provided en-route between two medical facilities, usually between a local community hospital and a regional trauma center or other specialty center.

Helicopter air ambulance providing emergency medical services.

A medical caregiver with BLS level training.

An arrangement of medical, public health, and public safety resources to prevent occurrences of emergency illness and injury and to mitigate the impact of such occurrences which can’t be prevented. May be local, regional, state, or national.

A ground ambulance providing a level of medical care higher than ALS, staffed with specially trained nurses and paramedics.

The most basic level of medical care provided in an ambulance, usually by First Responders and EMT’s.

A more advanced level of medical care provided in an ambulance, usually by paramedics.

"IFR" stands for "Instrument Flight Rules." It refers to a set of rules governing the conduct of flight under weather conditions where navigation by Visual Flight Rules (VFR) is no longer reliable.

Trauma Transport Protocols (TTP) describe the procedures used by the emergency medical services prehospital provider for dispatch of vehicles, assessment of the extent and severity of injuries of trauma patients and determination of the destination (facility) to which trauma alert patients are transported. TTP's are a legal document that should outline, as accurately as possible, the actual procedures followed by the emergency medical service provider.