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When using PCR for research or quality assurance. What should you delete?
Pt's name/ emt's name/ response times/ treatments rendered - Answer PTS name
6 yo child fell at the park. No adult around. Type of consent?
Implied/ legal/ expressed/ pediatric - Answer Implied
First to arrive. Using START, you should identify pts who?
Ambulatory/ deceased/ unresponsive/ breathing - Answer Ambulatory
Partner comes to work dirty and leaves trash. Best describe these actions?
Unethical/ unprofessional/ dangerous/ negligent - Answer Unprofessional
Verbal consent to treatment is called?
Expressed/ implied/ defined/ legalized - Answer Expressed
Elderly pt cut her hand, bleeding is controlled. She answers questions slowly and
often pauses. Vitals are BP 110/80, 64, 14. What should you do?
Allow adequate time unless condition worsens/ yes or no ?/ document altered
mental/ direct questions to someone else - Answer Allow adequate time
MCI, pt asks for help. Disoriented and R 32. According to START, you should? -
Answer Immediate
MCI, how should report info to trans ambulance?
Neuro status and vitals/ medical and SAMPLE/ pt's hospital pref/ MOI and who was
at fault - Answer Neural status and vitals
Pt cond should be corrected during Pri survey?
12 yo dyspnea from allergic reaction/ 28 yo rapid pulse stung by several bees/ 22 yo
ab pain baseball bat/ 45 yo mod chest pain, no palp BP - Answer 12 yo dyspnea
from allergic reaction
58 yo heavy chest pressure. Ask you what is cause. You should?
Hospital staff will explain/ heart not getting enough O2/ acute MI/ can't explain bc
HIPAA - Answer Hospital staff will explain
Legal case against you. What is your best defense in court?
Complete and thorough report/ dispatch records/ partner's supporting testimony/
immediate recollection of events - Answer Complete and thorough report
Alert 67 yo refuses care and requests to release form? What should you do?
Explain risks/ restrain and trans/ provide supportive care and allow refusal/ ask PD to
place in protective custody - Answer Explain risk
Pt shot in head no signs of life. Brain matter on floor. You should?
Cover pt and contact coroner/ leave scene untouched and contact PD/ resus
measures and tran/ permit fam to view and emotional support - Answer Leave scene
untouched and contact PD
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Most effective way to stop spread of infectious diseases?
Gloves all pts/ good hand washing/ avoid bodily fluids/ face shield all calls - Answer
Good hand washing
START, open airway, he begins breathing and is unresponsive. This pt should be
classified? - Answer Immediate
Finalizing PCR, notice incorrect pulse reading. What should you do? - Answer Single
horizontal line, correct, initial
Arrive large fight, pointed to stab victim. You should?
Drive away and stage/ quickly load and tran/ treat and request ALS/ treat and
request police - Answer Drive away and stage
Pt dead when you arrive. Rigor mortis already set in. you should?
Direct fam to contact coroner and leave scene/ *tell bad news and emotional supp/ pt
dead nothing you can do/ fam sign refusal and clear scene - Answer tell bad news
and emotional supp
Honor DNR when?
Given appropriate paperwork/ fam requests/ confirm with physician/ pt's cond is
irreversible - Answer Given appropriate paperwork
Upon entering home elderly called 911 for chest pain you should?
Gen impress/ check BP/ collect meds/ load and go - Answer Gen impression
A medical director issues permanent written orders that allow you to treat patients
under certain circumstances. This is known as:
Standing order/ online medical direction/ advance directive/ designated agent -
Answer Standing order
When approaching unsafe scene, you should:
Park ambulance so that you can easily make a quick retreat/ wear Kevlar vest to
reduce threat of gunshot wound or stabbing/ leave on lights and sirens to scare off
perpetrators/ stand clear view so that you can be identified as medical personal -
Answer Park ambulance so that you can easily make a quick retreat
Suspect a chemical of mass destruction?
75 people become sick with sudden onset of vomiting and diarrhea at parade/ you
smell an unfamiliar bitter odor at scene of multi vehicle collision/ 20 ppl complain of
abdominal cramping at triathlon/ 100 people evacuated with nausea from office
building with a new furnace - Answer 75 people become sick with sudden onset of
vomiting and diarrhea at parade
Pt's wife called for medical emergency. On arrival, pt is upset and refusing care. He
wants to go back to bed. You should: