EMT
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PROTOCOL
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EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
/ // // // //
DEFINITION /
/OF //
A/
/PATIENT //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔A /
/patient //is //any //individual //that //meets //at //least //one //of //the //following //criteria: //
1) //
A //person //who //has //a //complaint //or //mechanism //suggestive //of //potential //illness //or //injury; //
2) //A //person //who //has //obvious //evidence //of //illness //or //injury; //or //
3) //
A/
/person /
/identified /
/by /
/an /
/informed //2nd //or //3rd //party //caller //as //requiring //evaluation //for //potential //illness //or //injury.
PEDIATRIC //PATIENTS //ARE? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔ANYONE //UNDER //18 //YRS //OLD
WAITING //ROOM //CRITERIA //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔1. //Normal //vital //signs //A. //Heart //rate
//60 //- /
/100 /
/B. /
,/Respiratory /
/rate /
/10 //- /
/20 /
/C. /
/Systolic /
/BP /
/100 //- /
/180 /
/D. /
/Diastolic /
/BP /
/60 //- /
/110 /
/E. /
/Room /
/air /
/pulse /
/oximetry /
/>94% /
/F. /
/Alert /
/and /
/oriented //
x //
4/
/2. /
/Did /
/not /
/receive /
/any /
/parenteral /
/medications /
/during /
/EMS /
/transport /
/except //
a/
, /single /
/dose /
/of /
/analgesia /
/and/or /
/an /
/antiemetic. /
/3. /
/In /
/the /
/judgment /
/of /
/the /
/Paramedic, /
/does /
/not /
/require /
/continuous /
/cardiac /
/monitoring. /
/Note: /
/Any //ECG //monitoring //initiated //by //a //transferring //facility //may //not //be //discontinued //by //EMS
//personnel. /
/4. /
/Can /
/maintain //a //sitting //position //without //adverse //impact //on //their //medical //condition. //5. //Is //left
//with //a //verbal //report //to //hospital //personnel
INTERNAL /
/DISASTER /
/CRITERIA //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔EMT //can //transport //if //CARDIAC //ARREST //AND/OR //INABILITY //TO //MAINTAIN
//AIRWAY //and //has //informed //ER //of //delivery //of //patient