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SANTA CLARA COUNTY PARAMEDIC PROTOCOLS EXAM AND
PRACTICE EXAM LATEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED||
What would you do if you were en route to an ED and the patient
decided he or she wanted to go to an alternative location? -
ANSWER-divert; patient may change requested destination at
any time if ambulance has not arrived on hospital property
What would you do if you had just arrived to the initial ED and the
patient decided he or she wanted to go to an alternative location?
- ANSWER-do NOT divert; patient care shall be transferred to the
staff of such hospital
Policy 604 - Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) - ANSWER-criteria for
prehospital care personnel to determine when to withhold
resuscitative measures
What are valid forms of DNR? - ANSWER-a. "No Code" / "No
CPR" on chart
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b. "California Emergency Medical Services Authority - California
Medical Association, Emergency Medical Services, Prehospital
Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Form
c. CDNR Medallion
d. Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care (DPAHC) / Advance
Health Care Directives that clearly states DNR
e. Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST)
What happens if no valid form of DNR can be produced? -
ANSWER-prehospital personnel shall begin resuscitative
measures
What if resuscitative efforts have been initiated and an adequate
DNR status is confirmed? - ANSWER-efforts shall be
discontinued immediately
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If you are given a copy of a DNR form, what must you document
in your PCR? - ANSWER-document presence of a DNR order or
a POLST in a medical record or a DNR Form, including:
-name of signing physician
-date signed
if resuscitation is withheld because of valid DNR, document
time decision to withhold in PCR
Once a patient is found to be deceased, who has jurisdiction over
that person? - ANSWER-1. if in public place, local public safety
agency retains jurisdiction
2. if at home, local police or fire agency present retain jurisdiction
3. if at residential care facility (SNF), staff makes arrangements
4. if during transport, transport without BLS or ALS interventions
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If your patient expires en route, what three (3) options do you
have? - ANSWER-1. transport to pre-arranged destination
equipped and prepared to maintain the decedent including
notification of local law enforcement; nurse can give time of death
2. return to the point of departure
3. transport to the closest emergency department of an acute care
hospital
Policy 605 - Prehospital Trauma Triage - ANSWER-criteria for the
prehospital triage of trauma and burn patients in SCC
What types of penetrating injuries are considered Major Trauma
Victim (MTV) criteria? - ANSWER-penetrating injuries to:
-head
-neck
-chest
-back
-abdomen
SANTA CLARA COUNTY PARAMEDIC PROTOCOLS EXAM AND
PRACTICE EXAM LATEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED||
What would you do if you were en route to an ED and the patient
decided he or she wanted to go to an alternative location? -
ANSWER-divert; patient may change requested destination at
any time if ambulance has not arrived on hospital property
What would you do if you had just arrived to the initial ED and the
patient decided he or she wanted to go to an alternative location?
- ANSWER-do NOT divert; patient care shall be transferred to the
staff of such hospital
Policy 604 - Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) - ANSWER-criteria for
prehospital care personnel to determine when to withhold
resuscitative measures
What are valid forms of DNR? - ANSWER-a. "No Code" / "No
CPR" on chart
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b. "California Emergency Medical Services Authority - California
Medical Association, Emergency Medical Services, Prehospital
Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Form
c. CDNR Medallion
d. Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care (DPAHC) / Advance
Health Care Directives that clearly states DNR
e. Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST)
What happens if no valid form of DNR can be produced? -
ANSWER-prehospital personnel shall begin resuscitative
measures
What if resuscitative efforts have been initiated and an adequate
DNR status is confirmed? - ANSWER-efforts shall be
discontinued immediately
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If you are given a copy of a DNR form, what must you document
in your PCR? - ANSWER-document presence of a DNR order or
a POLST in a medical record or a DNR Form, including:
-name of signing physician
-date signed
if resuscitation is withheld because of valid DNR, document
time decision to withhold in PCR
Once a patient is found to be deceased, who has jurisdiction over
that person? - ANSWER-1. if in public place, local public safety
agency retains jurisdiction
2. if at home, local police or fire agency present retain jurisdiction
3. if at residential care facility (SNF), staff makes arrangements
4. if during transport, transport without BLS or ALS interventions
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If your patient expires en route, what three (3) options do you
have? - ANSWER-1. transport to pre-arranged destination
equipped and prepared to maintain the decedent including
notification of local law enforcement; nurse can give time of death
2. return to the point of departure
3. transport to the closest emergency department of an acute care
hospital
Policy 605 - Prehospital Trauma Triage - ANSWER-criteria for the
prehospital triage of trauma and burn patients in SCC
What types of penetrating injuries are considered Major Trauma
Victim (MTV) criteria? - ANSWER-penetrating injuries to:
-head
-neck
-chest
-back
-abdomen
