Santa Clara EMS exam Study Guide
Solutions
Stroke centers - ANSWER✔✔-Everything except Psych and Veteran's; El
Camino Mountain View, Good Samaritan, Kaiser Santa clara, El Camino
Los Gatos, O'Conner, Regional Medical Center San Jose, St. Louis, Kaiser
San Jose, Stanford, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Pediatric trauma centers - ANSWER✔✔-Stanford, Santa Clara Valley
Medical Center
Adult Trauma centers - ANSWER✔✔-Regional Medical Center San Jose,
Stanford, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Burn Centers - ANSWER✔✔-Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
STEMI centers - ANSWER✔✔-El Camino Mountain View, Good Samaritan,
Kaiser Santa Clara, O'Conner, Regional Medical Center San Jose, Kaiser
San Jose, Stanford, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (All except Psych,
Veteran's, St. Louis, and El Camino Los Gatos)
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, Mobilization Centers when communications have been blacked out or for
large scale incidents - ANSWER✔✔-De Anza College (North), San Jose
Fairgrounds (South), Gilroy Firestation @ Masden & 101 (very South)
4 criteria for sepsis (and how many do you need?) - ANSWER✔✔-Need 2
of the following: pulse >90, systolic <90, temp <96 or >100.4, respirations
>20. Must also have suspicion of infection.
What 4 items would you give on a radio report? - ANSWER✔✔-Patient
age, sex, chief complaint, ETA
What channel do you use for ringdowns? - ANSWER✔✔-Command 92
What should you report if a hazmat material is involved? - ANSWER✔✔-
"Decon alert," chemical name, decontamination method, DOT #, any
treatment, and what you would normally report. Ask for hospital rep to
meet you in the medical bay (so it's ok for pt to enter)
True or false: The only people who can request an air ambulance is county
comm. - ANSWER✔✔-True
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Solutions
Stroke centers - ANSWER✔✔-Everything except Psych and Veteran's; El
Camino Mountain View, Good Samaritan, Kaiser Santa clara, El Camino
Los Gatos, O'Conner, Regional Medical Center San Jose, St. Louis, Kaiser
San Jose, Stanford, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Pediatric trauma centers - ANSWER✔✔-Stanford, Santa Clara Valley
Medical Center
Adult Trauma centers - ANSWER✔✔-Regional Medical Center San Jose,
Stanford, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Burn Centers - ANSWER✔✔-Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
STEMI centers - ANSWER✔✔-El Camino Mountain View, Good Samaritan,
Kaiser Santa Clara, O'Conner, Regional Medical Center San Jose, Kaiser
San Jose, Stanford, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (All except Psych,
Veteran's, St. Louis, and El Camino Los Gatos)
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, Mobilization Centers when communications have been blacked out or for
large scale incidents - ANSWER✔✔-De Anza College (North), San Jose
Fairgrounds (South), Gilroy Firestation @ Masden & 101 (very South)
4 criteria for sepsis (and how many do you need?) - ANSWER✔✔-Need 2
of the following: pulse >90, systolic <90, temp <96 or >100.4, respirations
>20. Must also have suspicion of infection.
What 4 items would you give on a radio report? - ANSWER✔✔-Patient
age, sex, chief complaint, ETA
What channel do you use for ringdowns? - ANSWER✔✔-Command 92
What should you report if a hazmat material is involved? - ANSWER✔✔-
"Decon alert," chemical name, decontamination method, DOT #, any
treatment, and what you would normally report. Ask for hospital rep to
meet you in the medical bay (so it's ok for pt to enter)
True or false: The only people who can request an air ambulance is county
comm. - ANSWER✔✔-True
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