ASTM F1177-02(2009)

Standard Terminology Relating to Emergency Medical Services (Withdrawn 2018)

SCOPE
1.1 This terminology covers standard definitions of terms which apply to all F30 standards, but which are more precise than common usage.
WITHDRAWN RATIONALE
This terminology covered standard definitions of terms that applied to all F30 standards but are more precise than common usage.
Formerly under the jurisdiction of Committee F30 on Emergency Medical Services, this terminology was withdrawn in July 2018 in accordance with section 10.6.3 of the Regulations Governing ASTM Technical Committees, which requires that standards shall be updated by the end of the eighth year since the last approval date.

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 28-Feb-2009
• Withdrawal Date: 11-Jul-2018
• ICS: 01.040.11 - Health care technology (Vocabularies)
• ICS: 11.160 - First aid
• Technical Committee: F30 - Emergency Medical Services
• Drafting Committee: F30.06 - Terminology

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM F1177-02 - Standard Terminology Relating to Emergency Medical Services
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2009
• Referred By: ASTM F1654-95(2020) - Standard Guide for Training and Evaluation of Individuals Who Are Responsible for or Perform Triage in a Prehospital Environment
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2009
• Referred By: ASTM F3222-16 - Standard Terminology Relating to F32 Land Search and Rescue Standards and Guides
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2009
• Referred By: ASTM F1949-22 - Standard Specification for Medical Oxygen Delivery Systems for EMS Ground Vehicles
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2009
• Referred By: ASTM F1558-94(2015) - Standard Guide for Characteristics for Adjunct Cervical Spine Immobilization Devices (ACSID) (Withdrawn 2024)
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2009
• Referred By: ASTM F1616-95(2016) - Standard Guide for Scope of Performance of First Responders Who Practice in the Wilderness or Delayed or Prolonged Transport Settings
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2009
• Referred By: ASTM F1705-96(2020) - Standard Guide for Training Emergency Medical Services Ambulance Operations
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2009
• Referred By: ASTM F1653-95(2020) - Standard Guide for Scope of Performance of Triage in a Prehospital Environment
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2009
• Referred By: ASTM F1555-94(2015) - Standard Guide for Characteristics for Extremity Splints (Withdrawn 2024)
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2009
• Referred By: ASTM F1453-92(2020) - Standard Guide for Training and Evaluation of First Responders Who Provide Emergency Medical Care
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2009
• Referred By: ASTM F1556-94(2015) - Standard Guide for Spinal Immobilization and Extrication (SPINE) Device Characteristics (Withdrawn 2024)
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2009
• Referred By: ASTM F1552-94(2016) - Standard Practice for Training Instructor Qualification and Certification Eligibility of Emergency Medical Dispatchers
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2009
• Referred By: ASTM F1559-94(2015) - Standard Guide for Characteristics for Cervical Spine Immobilization Collar(s) (CSIC) (Withdrawn 2024)
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2009

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: F1177 − 02 (Reapproved 2009)
Standard Terminology Relating to
Emergency Medical Services
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F1177; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 3.1.1 Specific definitions of terminology or description of
terms provided in the standard. These will apply to use of the
1.1 This terminology covers standard definitions of terms
term in that standard only.
which apply to all F30 standards, but which are more precise
3.1.2 ASTM Standard Terminology Relating to Emergency
than common usage.
Medical Services (F1177).
3.1.3 Taber’sCyclopedicMedicalDictionary,16thEdition.
2. Referenced Documents
3.1.4 Mosby’s Emergency Dictionary.
2.1 ASTM Standards:
3.2 Definitions:
F1219 Guide for Training the Emergency Medical Techni-
adjunct instructor—an individual with specialized subject
cian (Basic) to Perform Patient Initial and Detailed As-
matter expertise, who, on occasion, instructs a specific topic
sessment (Withdrawn 2006)
of a curriculum under the direction of the course
F1253 Guide for Training the Emergency Medical Techni-
instructor/coordinator. F1256, F1257
cian (Basic) to Perform Patient Secondary Assessment
(Withdrawn 1999)
advanced life support—medically accepted life sustaining,
F1254 Practice for Performance of Prehospital Manual De-
invasive or non-invasive procedures; provided under the
fibrillation (Withdrawn 2007)
direction of a physician or other authorized health care
F1255 Practice for Performance of Prehospital Automated
provider.
Defibrillation
F1256 Guide for Selection and Practice of Emergency Medi- ambulance—a vehicle for transportation of the sick and
cal Services Instructor for Basic Life Support/Emergency
injured, equipped and staffed to provide emergency medical
Medical Technician (BLS/EMT) Training Programs care during transit.
F1257 Guide for Selection and Practice of Emergency Medi-
ambulance service—a qualified provider of medical transpor-
cal Services Instructor for Advanced Life Support/
tation for patients requiring treatment or monitoring, or both,
Emergency Medical Technician (ALS/EMT) Training
due to illness or injury.
Programs
F1287 Guide for Scope of Performance of First Responders
ambulance service provider—a person or organization, either
Who Provide Emergency Medical Care
public or private, responsible for operation, maintenance,
and administation of an ambulance service.
3. Terminology
associate instructor—an individual who possesses the quali-
3.1 Appropriate definitions for interpretation of terms used
fications and education/training of a course instructor/
in ASTM Emergency Medical Services standards shall be
coordinator, but, in a specific course, assumes a supportive
determined in the following order:
or assisting role to the course instructor/coordinator. This
individual may substitute for the course instructor/
coordinator in case of necessity or, in other courses, serves
This terminology is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F30 on
as a course instructor/coordinator. F1256, F1257
Emergency Medical Services and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
F30.06 on Terminology.
basic life support (BLS)—medically accepted non-invasive
Current edition approved March 1, 2009. Published March 2009. Originally
procedures used to sustain life.
approved in 1988. Last previous edition approved in 2002 as F1177 – 02. DOI:
10.1520/F1177-02R09.
For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 16th Edition, F. A. Davis Company,
the ASTM website. Philadelphia, PA, 1989.
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The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced on Mosby’s Emergency Dictionary, C. V. Mosby Company, St. Louis, MO, 1989.
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F1177 − 02 (2009)
basic life support/cardiopulmonary resuscitation (BLS/ emergency medical facility—a physical structure, excluding
CPR)—a set of skills that includes airway management, mobilevehicles,whichhasbeenapprovedbytheappropriate
chest compressions, and others as defined by the American regulatory authority to receive emergency patients and
Heart Association. F1254, F1255, F1287 which is equipped and staffed to evaluate and treat patients
with life threatening conditions.
call rotation—a system in which emergency medical re-
sponses are allocated sequentially to multiple providers. emergency medical services—the provision of services to
patients requiring immediate assistance due to illness or
clinical certification—a standardized process for evaluation
injury, including access, response, rescue, prehospital and
and recognition of an acceptable level of competence in a
hospital treatment, and transportation.
specific aspect of patient care. F1256, F1257
emergency medical services (EMS) system—a coordinated
clinical experience—exposure to and practice in an area of
arrangement of resources (including personnel, equipment,
patient care. F1256, F1257
and facilities) organized to respond to medical emergencies,
regardless of the cause.
clinical/field preceptor—an individual who supervises and
evaluates the students during clinical or field experiences
health care provider—an organization, institution, or indi-
under the direction of the course instructor/coordinator.
vidual authorized to provide direct patient care.
F1256, F1257
indirect medical direction—the physician management of all
clinical medical practice—patient diagnosis and treatment,
clinical aspects of an EMS system, including but not limited
including treatment protocols, which are the purview of
to planning, training, implementation, and evaluation (also
qualified professionals (as determined by the state or other
known as off-line medical control).
appropriate authority).
intervener physician—a licensed M.D. or D.O., having not
communication resource—an entity responsible for imple-
previously established a doctor/patient relationship with the
mentation of direct medical direction, or entities responsible
emergency patient, who is willing to accept responsibility
for response and scene two-way communication, or both
for patient care, and who can provide proof of a current
(also known as medical control resource).
medical license.
course administrator—an individual responsible for manag
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