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Santa Clara County Protocol Test Latest Update -95 Questions with 100% Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+ Verified by Professor
- ALS can handoff to BLS if ALS interventions are performed?
- County communication is the only authority that can authorize helicopters at an
emergency scene?
- Once transporting, a competent adult patient can only leave the ambulance at the
nearest ED?
- Who has jurisdiction for handling dead bodies if patient dies in their home? -
CORRECT ANSWER: Answer: False
Answer: True
Answer: False, if they demand to leave the ambulance crew should pullover when safe.
Answer: Fire or PD (if on scene)
- Major trauma victims can be transported to out of county hospitals
18. BLS ambulance can transport an emergent patient if - CORRECT ANSWER:
Answer: False, MTV's can't leave the county
Answer: if on scene to ED time is less than 10 minutes, advise county communications, request a county EMS even number 1 / 4
If BLS ambulance is dispatched to a call with ALS first response unit, and ALS unit aren't available, the medic will take his equipment and ride in the BLS unit.
4 Criteria for sepsis (and how many do you need?) - CORRECT ANSWER: Need 2 of
the following
- Pulse >90
- Systolic <90
- Temp < 96 or >100.4
- Respirations >20
- Must also have suspicion of infection
- A physician at the scene can or cannot provide direction?
- Update on EMS policies may be available through all except
- EMS chief can do everything except?
- What is the age for a child trauma to be considered an adult? - CORRECT ANSWER:
Answer: they cannot provide medical direction.
Answer: mailed hard copy
Answer: Investigate authority or jurisdiction of the incident (over locals)
Answer: 15 years+
- What is the indication for a CAT? 2 / 4
- Know the 3 trauma catchment zones
- A victim can be designated as a major trauma victim or minor trauma victim T/F
- ALS can handoff to BLS in an MCI? - CORRECT ANSWER: Answer: uncontrollable
hemorrhage
Northwest = Stanford Southwest = VMC East = Regional medical center of SJ
Answer: False
Answer: True
911 calls in SCC - CORRECT ANSWER: - Landline goes to nearest public safety
answering point for jurisdiction
- Cell phone may be routed to highway patrol dispatch who will determine which public
safety ansering point jurisdiction call belongs
- 911 call takers confirms location and nature of call
- After enough information has been gathered, info is sent to primary dispatch er who
assigns appropriate resources.
A 911 ambulance can only leave the county for two reasons - CORRECT ANSWER:
Multi-casualty incident, or a search 3 / 4
A BLS ambulance can only upgrade code 3 (lights and sirens) in what situation - CORRECT ANSWER: For a critical patient, if the amount of time from arriving on scene to delivering patient to ER is less than 10 minutes
- in all other cases the non-emergency ambulance crew shall contact county
- If the patient is transported with red lights and sirens (RLS) the unit shall immediately
communications by radio and request a 911 ALS paramedic response
advise County Communications and request a County EMS Event number.
A legal representative: - CORRECT ANSWER: An adult with whom a minor lives with, who is a spouse, stepparent, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, half-brother, or half- sister of a minor.
Persons not legally able to refuse care:
- An adult who is not competent
- A legal representative who is not competent
- A minor who is not legally able to make medical decisions
- A minor who is legally competent to make medical decisions but is not competent
- A person who is suicidal. Attempted or threatened suicide and must be recent and
- A person that is on a California welfare and institution code section 5150 psychiatric
related to the call.
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A stroke patient should be transported to a comprehensive stroke center if ----- (time
frame, how many BEFAST signs) - CORRECT ANSWER: If has been 3.5-5 hours since
patient was last seen normal, patient has at leas 1 BEFAST symptom, and patient has not had seizure.
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