Santa Clara County Protocol Test
Questions And Answers A+ Graded
Details about Santa Clara County (Amount of acute hospitals, who is the medical
director for the county, and who is the health officer for the county) CORRECT
ANSWERS 12 Acute Hospitals (11 emergency departments)
- Dr.Miller is the county medical director
- Dr. Cody, is the health officer for the county
1.8 million residents, 2.2 million daytime
- SCC size: 1,132 sq miles, 2/3 is rural landscape
- Call volume 120,000 911 calls per year, 75% results in patient transport
Policy 214 (requirements for working for the county) CORRECT ANSWERS - IS 3
- ICS 100
- IS 700
- Orientation
- SEMS ()
- FRO
- AWR- 160
Policy 617
- When does a badge have to be visible
- When do you have to submit a renewal for your SCC license CORRECT ANSWERS -
Must have badge visible if employed by private ambulance provider
- Renewal can be submitted up to 6 months before it expires
- Takes 14 days to process
Policy 108 (variance reporting) CORRECT ANSWERS A: Any incident that results in a
threat to public safety, patient, by-stander, or responder harm. Variance A's are reported
immediately to the EMS duty chief
B: Any incident that does not result in patient harm, but is a deviation from EMS agency
policies, procedures, and protocols. These variances are filed through a reported in 5
day
,C: Incidents where the responders provided outstanding care and went above and
beyond the normal expectations of responders. These should be reported within 7 days
to the EMS agency.
Triage card: CORRECT ANSWERS A quick way to track people and equipment during
an MCI (mass casualty incident)
- Red tag: immediate
- Yellow tag: delayed
- Green tag: minor/walking patients
- Black: deceased
Policy 302: minimum inventory requirements
BLS Ambulance
BLS Unit CORRECT ANSWERS BLS ambulance: an approved SCC basic life support
ambulance with at least 2 EMT's
BLS unit: (non-transport) any unit with emergency medical response at the basic life
support level not designated for transport, must include at least 1 EMT.
Air ambulance: any SCC permitted air ambulance either basic or ALS in accordance
with title 22 regulations. Staffed with one nurse and one additional nurse or paramedic
ALS ambulance: Any SCC approved ALS ambulance staffed by at least one paramedic
and one EMT or additional paramedic
ALS unit: any unit charged with EMR at the ALS level. must be staffed with at least one
paramedic
Critical Care Transport Ambulance: any SCC approved critical care transport
ambulance staffed with at least one nurse, and two additional crew members with EMT
certification at minimum.
EMS field supervisor: a non-transport unit utilized for filling command and control
responsibilities. This unit may or may not be utilized for the provision of patient care.
Policy EMS 811:
The levels of MPMP (MCI plan)
What are the responsibilities of non-contracted ambulance service providers for weach
of the MPMP activation levels?
What are the required competencies needed to effectively use the MPMP? CORRECT
ANSWERS - Level 1: is up to 10 patients
, - Level 2: is up to 20 patients
- Level 3: is up to 100 patients, use triage tags
- Level 4: up to 1000 patients
- Level 5: is over 1000 patient, all hands on deck.
Non-county contracted ambulance services, provide emergency assistance to the EMS
system when an event is beyond the resources provided by the county contracted
ambulance service provider.
2.
- Working knowledge of the NIMS
- Working knowledge of the California SEMS
- Working knowledge of ICS level 100 minimum
- Hazardous materials awareness
- Simple triage and rapid transport and JUMPstart pediatric triage
- Working knowledge of FIRESCOPE ICS 420
Working knowledge of the Santa Clara County fire mutual aid plan
- Working knowledge of the SCC prehospital care policy
Field treatment sites: CORRECT ANSWERS know the red, yellow, green, and black
areas.
- Each area should have a manager and a manager of transport.
DMSU: Disaster medical support units, mobilization centers are used to mobilize
resources.
Continuous Quality Improvement: CORRECT ANSWERS Medical director
creates/regulates
- Prehospital transport protocols
- Base hospital protocols
- Emergency medical dispatch
protocols
- Medical/equipment authorization
- Clinical quality improvement objectives.
Professional expectations: CORRECT ANSWERS - Skills competency
- Documentation
Questions And Answers A+ Graded
Details about Santa Clara County (Amount of acute hospitals, who is the medical
director for the county, and who is the health officer for the county) CORRECT
ANSWERS 12 Acute Hospitals (11 emergency departments)
- Dr.Miller is the county medical director
- Dr. Cody, is the health officer for the county
1.8 million residents, 2.2 million daytime
- SCC size: 1,132 sq miles, 2/3 is rural landscape
- Call volume 120,000 911 calls per year, 75% results in patient transport
Policy 214 (requirements for working for the county) CORRECT ANSWERS - IS 3
- ICS 100
- IS 700
- Orientation
- SEMS ()
- FRO
- AWR- 160
Policy 617
- When does a badge have to be visible
- When do you have to submit a renewal for your SCC license CORRECT ANSWERS -
Must have badge visible if employed by private ambulance provider
- Renewal can be submitted up to 6 months before it expires
- Takes 14 days to process
Policy 108 (variance reporting) CORRECT ANSWERS A: Any incident that results in a
threat to public safety, patient, by-stander, or responder harm. Variance A's are reported
immediately to the EMS duty chief
B: Any incident that does not result in patient harm, but is a deviation from EMS agency
policies, procedures, and protocols. These variances are filed through a reported in 5
day
,C: Incidents where the responders provided outstanding care and went above and
beyond the normal expectations of responders. These should be reported within 7 days
to the EMS agency.
Triage card: CORRECT ANSWERS A quick way to track people and equipment during
an MCI (mass casualty incident)
- Red tag: immediate
- Yellow tag: delayed
- Green tag: minor/walking patients
- Black: deceased
Policy 302: minimum inventory requirements
BLS Ambulance
BLS Unit CORRECT ANSWERS BLS ambulance: an approved SCC basic life support
ambulance with at least 2 EMT's
BLS unit: (non-transport) any unit with emergency medical response at the basic life
support level not designated for transport, must include at least 1 EMT.
Air ambulance: any SCC permitted air ambulance either basic or ALS in accordance
with title 22 regulations. Staffed with one nurse and one additional nurse or paramedic
ALS ambulance: Any SCC approved ALS ambulance staffed by at least one paramedic
and one EMT or additional paramedic
ALS unit: any unit charged with EMR at the ALS level. must be staffed with at least one
paramedic
Critical Care Transport Ambulance: any SCC approved critical care transport
ambulance staffed with at least one nurse, and two additional crew members with EMT
certification at minimum.
EMS field supervisor: a non-transport unit utilized for filling command and control
responsibilities. This unit may or may not be utilized for the provision of patient care.
Policy EMS 811:
The levels of MPMP (MCI plan)
What are the responsibilities of non-contracted ambulance service providers for weach
of the MPMP activation levels?
What are the required competencies needed to effectively use the MPMP? CORRECT
ANSWERS - Level 1: is up to 10 patients
, - Level 2: is up to 20 patients
- Level 3: is up to 100 patients, use triage tags
- Level 4: up to 1000 patients
- Level 5: is over 1000 patient, all hands on deck.
Non-county contracted ambulance services, provide emergency assistance to the EMS
system when an event is beyond the resources provided by the county contracted
ambulance service provider.
2.
- Working knowledge of the NIMS
- Working knowledge of the California SEMS
- Working knowledge of ICS level 100 minimum
- Hazardous materials awareness
- Simple triage and rapid transport and JUMPstart pediatric triage
- Working knowledge of FIRESCOPE ICS 420
Working knowledge of the Santa Clara County fire mutual aid plan
- Working knowledge of the SCC prehospital care policy
Field treatment sites: CORRECT ANSWERS know the red, yellow, green, and black
areas.
- Each area should have a manager and a manager of transport.
DMSU: Disaster medical support units, mobilization centers are used to mobilize
resources.
Continuous Quality Improvement: CORRECT ANSWERS Medical director
creates/regulates
- Prehospital transport protocols
- Base hospital protocols
- Emergency medical dispatch
protocols
- Medical/equipment authorization
- Clinical quality improvement objectives.
Professional expectations: CORRECT ANSWERS - Skills competency
- Documentation
