SUA COMPREHENSIVE ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS
SET A+
✔✔NRB - ✔✔Non-rebreather mask; oxygen delivery device
✔✔P1/P2/P3 - ✔✔Priority 1/Priority 2/Priority 3; ambulance call priorities
✔✔PCR - ✔✔prehospital care report; EMTs fill them out on every call
✔✔RMA - ✔✔Refused Medical Assistance; "taking a refusal" on a patient
✔✔SFD - ✔✔Syracuse Fire Department
✔✔SUHS - ✔✔Syracuse University Health Services located at Barnes
✔✔SI - ✔✔Suicidal Ideations
✔✔HI - ✔✔Homicidal Ideations
✔✔Community - ✔✔Community General Hospital
✔✔Evening - ✔✔1700-2200 shift
✔✔Mutual Aid - ✔✔SUA goes into the city to do calls when AMR is busy
✔✔Overnight - ✔✔2200-0800 shift
✔✔Physical Plant - ✔✔place to fuel and wash our rigs
✔✔"on the portable" - ✔✔Using your portable radio when away from the ambulance
✔✔Pulse ox - ✔✔Measures the oxygen saturation of the patient
, ✔✔Standby - ✔✔when an ambulance crew is stationed at an event
✔✔Upstate/UH - ✔✔SUNY Upstate University Hospital; local trauma center
✔✔Vitals - ✔✔must be taken on every patient. BP, respirations, pulse, pulse ox
✔✔Equipment Failure - ✔✔if a piece of equipment fails during a call or is found faulty
during a rig check, please notify the supervisor on duty at time of incident
✔✔External Issue - ✔✔Problem relating to a patients actions, AMR, Public Safety,
Health Services, or other agencies fill out an incident report and turn it into the EMS
manager. Incident must be described in detail and include all individuals involved
✔✔Internal Issue - ✔✔incident involving another SUA member that happens in
headquarters or while on duty
✔✔MCI trailer - ✔✔used for mass casualty incidents
✔✔ EMS Manager - ✔✔Paul Smyth
✔✔Daytime Dispatcher - ✔✔Savannah Montulli
✔✔Field Supervisor C-3 - ✔✔Jacqueline Dutmers
✔✔Field Supervisor C-4 - ✔✔Reva Varma-Kulkarni
✔✔Field Supervisor C-5 - ✔✔Taylor Peters
✔✔Field Supervisor C-6 - ✔✔Jackson Hiltner
✔✔Field Supervisor C-7 - ✔✔Caden Denslow
✔✔Assistant Supervisor - ✔✔Andrew Scott
✔✔AVP of Emergency & Environmental Risk Services - ✔✔Joe Hernon
✔✔Personell - ✔✔Jonah Freund and Abigail Dernier
✔✔Training - ✔✔Ari Weinstein
✔✔Fleet - ✔✔Emily Madaus
SET A+
✔✔NRB - ✔✔Non-rebreather mask; oxygen delivery device
✔✔P1/P2/P3 - ✔✔Priority 1/Priority 2/Priority 3; ambulance call priorities
✔✔PCR - ✔✔prehospital care report; EMTs fill them out on every call
✔✔RMA - ✔✔Refused Medical Assistance; "taking a refusal" on a patient
✔✔SFD - ✔✔Syracuse Fire Department
✔✔SUHS - ✔✔Syracuse University Health Services located at Barnes
✔✔SI - ✔✔Suicidal Ideations
✔✔HI - ✔✔Homicidal Ideations
✔✔Community - ✔✔Community General Hospital
✔✔Evening - ✔✔1700-2200 shift
✔✔Mutual Aid - ✔✔SUA goes into the city to do calls when AMR is busy
✔✔Overnight - ✔✔2200-0800 shift
✔✔Physical Plant - ✔✔place to fuel and wash our rigs
✔✔"on the portable" - ✔✔Using your portable radio when away from the ambulance
✔✔Pulse ox - ✔✔Measures the oxygen saturation of the patient
, ✔✔Standby - ✔✔when an ambulance crew is stationed at an event
✔✔Upstate/UH - ✔✔SUNY Upstate University Hospital; local trauma center
✔✔Vitals - ✔✔must be taken on every patient. BP, respirations, pulse, pulse ox
✔✔Equipment Failure - ✔✔if a piece of equipment fails during a call or is found faulty
during a rig check, please notify the supervisor on duty at time of incident
✔✔External Issue - ✔✔Problem relating to a patients actions, AMR, Public Safety,
Health Services, or other agencies fill out an incident report and turn it into the EMS
manager. Incident must be described in detail and include all individuals involved
✔✔Internal Issue - ✔✔incident involving another SUA member that happens in
headquarters or while on duty
✔✔MCI trailer - ✔✔used for mass casualty incidents
✔✔ EMS Manager - ✔✔Paul Smyth
✔✔Daytime Dispatcher - ✔✔Savannah Montulli
✔✔Field Supervisor C-3 - ✔✔Jacqueline Dutmers
✔✔Field Supervisor C-4 - ✔✔Reva Varma-Kulkarni
✔✔Field Supervisor C-5 - ✔✔Taylor Peters
✔✔Field Supervisor C-6 - ✔✔Jackson Hiltner
✔✔Field Supervisor C-7 - ✔✔Caden Denslow
✔✔Assistant Supervisor - ✔✔Andrew Scott
✔✔AVP of Emergency & Environmental Risk Services - ✔✔Joe Hernon
✔✔Personell - ✔✔Jonah Freund and Abigail Dernier
✔✔Training - ✔✔Ari Weinstein
✔✔Fleet - ✔✔Emily Madaus
