Advanced Life Support - the services provided by paramedics for life-threatening medical emergencies.
BLS
Basic Life Support - services provided by Emergency Medical Technicians.
CBD
Criteria Based Dispatch
CEEMS
Center for the Evaluation of Emergency Medical Services
CPR
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
EMD
Emergency Medical Dispatch
EMS
Emergency Medical Services
EMT
Emergency Medical Technician -- Firefighters in King County are cross-trained as EMTs. Firefighter/EMTs are usually the first to arrive on-scene at a medical emergency.