KERN COUNTY LOCAL PROTOCOLS
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What services does Bakersfield Memorial Hospital (BMH) not offer? - Answers -1.
Traumatic Arrest
2. Trauma Red tier
3. Sexual Assault
Where is Bakersfield Memorial Hospital located? - Answers -Off of 34th and San Dimas
Street in Northeast Bakersfield
What services does Kern Medical (KM) not offer? - Answers -1. Burns
2. Neonatal
3. Sexual assault
Where is Kern Medical located? - Answers -Off Mt. Vernon and College Ave in East
Bakersfield
What services does Adventist Health-Bakersfield not offer? - Answers -1. Trauma- red
tier
2. Burns
3. Traumatic arrest
4. Pediatric Emergent Medical
You are in the process of CPR on a person <18 years old. What is the protocol in this
situation? - Answers -Transport after 10 minutes of CPR or once ROSC is achieved
Why does protocol state to not resuscitate a patient if blunt traumatic cardiac arrest is
seen? - Answers -Injuries are usually incompatible with life and have an almost 0%
chance of survivability. Common causes include exsanguination, cardiac rupture, or
severe brain injury
Why does protocol state to resuscitate a patient in cardiac arrest if penetrating trauma is
the cause? - Answers -Prognosis is better as interventions can help reverse the cause
of cardiac arrest. Common causes are vascular injury and cardiac tamponade
Where is Adventist Health-Bakersfield located? - Answers -Off Chester and 27th Street
in the heart of Bakersfield
, What services does Mercy Hospital Downtown offer? - Answers -1. Base station
2. Trauma-yellow tier
3. Orthopedic
4. Psychiatric with medical clearance
5. Stroke
Where is Mercy Hospital located? - Answers -Off Truxtun Ave and A street in
downtown Bakersfield
What services does Mercy Southwest Hospital (MSW) offer? - Answers -1. Base
station
2. Trauma- yellow tier
3. Orthopedic
4. Neonatal
5. Obstetrical
Where is Mercy Southwest Hospital located? - Answers -Off Stockdale Highway and
Old River Road in Southwest Bakersfield
Under what circumstances may EMT personnel consider terminating CPR for adult
patients? - Answers -CPR may be terminated if the arrest was not witnessed by EMS
or a first responder, there is no return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after 30
minutes of CPR and AED analysis, and no AED shocks were delivered.
An EMT does not need to initiate CPR for patients who have been confirmed cardiac
arrest for longer than 10 minutes or meet obvious signs of death criteria. What are
exceptions to this rule? - Answers -Drownings
Barbiturate overdose
Hypothermia
Termination of CPR for EMTs may be considered under which three circumstances? -
Answers -Arrest was not witnessed by EMS personnel
No ROSC after 30 minutes of CPR
No shocks advised on AED
A patient is experiencing a moderate to severe allergic rxn. What should an EMT
administer? - Answers -0.15 or 0.30 mg of epinephrine IM to the mid-lateral thigh
(DICCE the medication)
A patient is experiencing a partial airway obstruction due to food stuck in his/her throat.
What should you do? - Answers -Encourage the patient to not move or talk. Do not try
and dislodge the item. Rapid transport!
Your patient is choking and unresponsive due to lack of O2. What are the next
appropriate steps? - Answers -Open the airway and attempt to ventilate. Do not use a
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What services does Bakersfield Memorial Hospital (BMH) not offer? - Answers -1.
Traumatic Arrest
2. Trauma Red tier
3. Sexual Assault
Where is Bakersfield Memorial Hospital located? - Answers -Off of 34th and San Dimas
Street in Northeast Bakersfield
What services does Kern Medical (KM) not offer? - Answers -1. Burns
2. Neonatal
3. Sexual assault
Where is Kern Medical located? - Answers -Off Mt. Vernon and College Ave in East
Bakersfield
What services does Adventist Health-Bakersfield not offer? - Answers -1. Trauma- red
tier
2. Burns
3. Traumatic arrest
4. Pediatric Emergent Medical
You are in the process of CPR on a person <18 years old. What is the protocol in this
situation? - Answers -Transport after 10 minutes of CPR or once ROSC is achieved
Why does protocol state to not resuscitate a patient if blunt traumatic cardiac arrest is
seen? - Answers -Injuries are usually incompatible with life and have an almost 0%
chance of survivability. Common causes include exsanguination, cardiac rupture, or
severe brain injury
Why does protocol state to resuscitate a patient in cardiac arrest if penetrating trauma is
the cause? - Answers -Prognosis is better as interventions can help reverse the cause
of cardiac arrest. Common causes are vascular injury and cardiac tamponade
Where is Adventist Health-Bakersfield located? - Answers -Off Chester and 27th Street
in the heart of Bakersfield
, What services does Mercy Hospital Downtown offer? - Answers -1. Base station
2. Trauma-yellow tier
3. Orthopedic
4. Psychiatric with medical clearance
5. Stroke
Where is Mercy Hospital located? - Answers -Off Truxtun Ave and A street in
downtown Bakersfield
What services does Mercy Southwest Hospital (MSW) offer? - Answers -1. Base
station
2. Trauma- yellow tier
3. Orthopedic
4. Neonatal
5. Obstetrical
Where is Mercy Southwest Hospital located? - Answers -Off Stockdale Highway and
Old River Road in Southwest Bakersfield
Under what circumstances may EMT personnel consider terminating CPR for adult
patients? - Answers -CPR may be terminated if the arrest was not witnessed by EMS
or a first responder, there is no return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after 30
minutes of CPR and AED analysis, and no AED shocks were delivered.
An EMT does not need to initiate CPR for patients who have been confirmed cardiac
arrest for longer than 10 minutes or meet obvious signs of death criteria. What are
exceptions to this rule? - Answers -Drownings
Barbiturate overdose
Hypothermia
Termination of CPR for EMTs may be considered under which three circumstances? -
Answers -Arrest was not witnessed by EMS personnel
No ROSC after 30 minutes of CPR
No shocks advised on AED
A patient is experiencing a moderate to severe allergic rxn. What should an EMT
administer? - Answers -0.15 or 0.30 mg of epinephrine IM to the mid-lateral thigh
(DICCE the medication)
A patient is experiencing a partial airway obstruction due to food stuck in his/her throat.
What should you do? - Answers -Encourage the patient to not move or talk. Do not try
and dislodge the item. Rapid transport!
Your patient is choking and unresponsive due to lack of O2. What are the next
appropriate steps? - Answers -Open the airway and attempt to ventilate. Do not use a
