KERN COUNTY EMS PROTOCOLS -
EMT ACADEMY EXAM
Destination Decisions Summary: Conscious Patients
(Choose the incorrect answer that is not within the local protocols) - Answers -Must
take them to the hospital you (EMT) want because they called 911 for being sick or
injured.
Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) Destination Decision: - Answers -Patients must be
transported to the facilities assigned by the transportation coordinator that is at the
scene.
Emergent Medical Pediatric Criteria: - Answers -Patients that are:
- Younger than the age of 14 years old.
- Have an emergent medical complaint shall be transported to a Comprehensive or
Advanced Pediatric Receiving Center if Ground Transport is 30 minutes or less.
Ground Transport times that are >30 minutes may be transported to the closest, most
appropriate receiving facility.
Emergent Medical Pediatric Complaints are defined as: - Answers -- Cardiac
Dysrhythmia
- Evidence of Poor Perfusion
-Severe Respiratory Distress
-Cyanosis
-Persistent Altered Mental Status
- Status Epilepticus
-Brief Resolved Unexplained Event (BRUE) in less than 1 year of age.
Medical Extremis Criteria: - Answers -Extremis Criteria must include any one of the
following:
- Unmanageable Airway or Respiratory Arrest
- Uncontrolled Hemorrhage (with signs of Hypovolemic Shock)
- Cardiopulmonary Arrest
- Unconscious/Unresponsive
(BLS UNIT ONLY)
Trauma Extremis Criteria: - Answers -Trauma Extremis criteria shall include:
- Traumatic Arrest
- Unmanageable Airway or Inability to Ventilate
EMT ACADEMY EXAM
Destination Decisions Summary: Conscious Patients
(Choose the incorrect answer that is not within the local protocols) - Answers -Must
take them to the hospital you (EMT) want because they called 911 for being sick or
injured.
Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) Destination Decision: - Answers -Patients must be
transported to the facilities assigned by the transportation coordinator that is at the
scene.
Emergent Medical Pediatric Criteria: - Answers -Patients that are:
- Younger than the age of 14 years old.
- Have an emergent medical complaint shall be transported to a Comprehensive or
Advanced Pediatric Receiving Center if Ground Transport is 30 minutes or less.
Ground Transport times that are >30 minutes may be transported to the closest, most
appropriate receiving facility.
Emergent Medical Pediatric Complaints are defined as: - Answers -- Cardiac
Dysrhythmia
- Evidence of Poor Perfusion
-Severe Respiratory Distress
-Cyanosis
-Persistent Altered Mental Status
- Status Epilepticus
-Brief Resolved Unexplained Event (BRUE) in less than 1 year of age.
Medical Extremis Criteria: - Answers -Extremis Criteria must include any one of the
following:
- Unmanageable Airway or Respiratory Arrest
- Uncontrolled Hemorrhage (with signs of Hypovolemic Shock)
- Cardiopulmonary Arrest
- Unconscious/Unresponsive
(BLS UNIT ONLY)
Trauma Extremis Criteria: - Answers -Trauma Extremis criteria shall include:
- Traumatic Arrest
- Unmanageable Airway or Inability to Ventilate
