Santa Clara EMS Test Questions and
Answers (100% Pass)
EMS personnel badges expire the same day as their EMS license
✓ True
You can determine an injury as major trauma or minor trauma on scene by
viewing the severity of the trauma
✓ False
A 26 year old male with an arrow through his left fore arm proximal to the
elbow would be categorized as a major trauma
✓ False
If a pt with a score of 4/5 on the GFAST scale has not shown any normal signs
since _____ hours ago you would transport them to a comprehensive stroke
center
✓ 6 hours
You would transport North trauma pt to _______, central trauma pt to
_________, and eastern trauma pt to _________
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✓ Stanford, Valley Medical, Regional
Updated EMS policy notifications would be distributed as follows except for
which medium?
✓ Paper copy sent to every EMS provider
A physician on scene give more information than if they are giving online
direction?
✓ False
When a patient passes away at their home during intervention what agency
or person(s) are responsible for the deposition of the descendent?
✓ The fire department or police (if present)
Pediatric Trauma Hospitals
✓ Stanford and Valley Med
A patient who is a major trauma patient can ask to go to a hospital that is out
of county and the EMT will comply
✓ False
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Adult Trauma Hospitals
✓ Stanford, Valley Med, Regional
Fire can transport when
✓ -pt needs RLS transport and county EMS is not on scene for at least 18
minutes
✓ -pt is in cardiac/respiratory arrest
✓ -STEMI/Stroke alert
✓ -Major Trauma Criteria
✓ -Needs rapid transport
✓ -uncontrollable airway
EMS directors in an MCI can do all of the following except
✓ Take jurisdiction of the local law enforcement
In extremis means
✓ -protruding limb
✓ -uncontrollable airway
✓ -unable to stop bleeding after use of tourniquet
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