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approved by the EMD medical director, used by a dispatch agency to dispatch aid to medical emergencies, and must include

(A) systematized caller interrogation questions;

(B) systemized pre-arrival instructions; and

(C) protocols matching the dispatcher’s evaluation of injury or illness severity and numbers of victims with vehicle response modes and configurations;

(28) “emergency medical service” means an organization that provides basic or advanced life support medical services outside a hospital;

(29) “emergency medical services” means the provision of emergency medical care and transportation of the sick or injured;

(30) “emergency medical technician” has the meaning given in AS 18.08.200;

(31) “emergency trauma technician” means a person who has successfully completed an emergency trauma technician training course approved by the department under 7 AAC 26.450;

(32) “EMS” means emergency medical services;

(33) “EMS bridge” means a specialized curriculum designed between two EMS courses for which the course is designed;

(34) “EMS communications capability” means point-to-point voice communications between EMS responders in the field and a higher-level medical facility, such as a clinic with mid-level practitioners, or a hospital;

(35) “EMS provider” means an individual that is certified, licensed or trained to provide emergency medical services;

(36) “EMS training” means the didactic, clinical, and psychomotor education, or instruction, provided to an emergency medical student or responder;

(37) “EMT”

(A) means an emergency medical technician;

(B) includes a person who has been certified or licensed as an EMT in a state or territory or by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT);

(38) “EMT-Paramedic” or “National Registry Paramedic” means a person who has been certified or licensed as a paramedic in a state or territory, or who has been certified as a paramedic by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT);

(39) “ETT” means emergency trauma technician;

(40) “ETT card” means documentation of successful completion of an ETT training course approved by the department under 7 AAC 26.450;