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-3- H. Emergency Medical Dispatch - A COUNTY approved system whereby specially trained dispatchers, called Emergency Medical Dispatchers, use key questions to perform call prioritization, and give pre-arrival and treatment instructions. I. Emergency Medical Dispatcher or EMD - A person, employed by an agency providing emergency medical dispatch service, certified or authorized by the County Health Officer as defined in the Alameda County EMS Policy Manual. J. Emergency - Any sudden or serious illness or injury requiring immediate medical or psychiatric attention under drcumstances that delay in providing such services may aggravate the medical condition or cause the loss of life; furthermore, any case declared to be an emergency by a physician or any case in which a patient has been ordered transported for psychiatric observation under Welfare and Institutions Code, Section 5150. K. Emergency Medical Technician - I or EMT-I - Certified personnel as defined in the Health and Safety Code, Section 1797.80. L. Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic - or EMT-P - Ambulance personnel as defined in the Health and Safety Code, Section 1797.84. M. First Resp0nder - A fire department vehicle, police vehicle or non-transporting ambulance unit with personnel capable of providing appropriate prehospital care. N. Key Questions - COUNTY approved reference system used by an emergency medical dispatch services including, but not limited to, systematized caller interrogation for call prioritization. O. Paramedic Unit - An ambulance unit staffed and equipped to provide advanced life support at tbe scene of a medical emergency and during transport of a patient(s), and designated as a paramedic unit by the Medical Director. P. Pre-Arrival Instructions/Treatment Instructions - Instructions given by an emergency medical dispatcher, using pre-established guidelines, to a caller to assist the caller in preventing the patient from further injuring himself and to enable the caller to help a victim in a life-threatening situation. Q. Public Safety Officer - Any person designated as a public safety officer by the law of the State of California. R. Standby Service - The dispatch of an emergency ambulance unit(s) by ALCO- CMED or other PSAP authorized by Contract Administrator at the specific request of a public safety agency to a position of immediate availability. Standby service will be counted as an emergency response.