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SANTA CLARA COUNTY EMS EXAM LATEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM
WITH COMPLETE EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+|
||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
You have a patient that wants to be transported out of the county,
is this allowed? - ANSWER-Only if directed by county officials.
If a patient requested to no longer be transported to the hospital,
and wanted to exit your ambulance. How would you respond? -
ANSWER-Stop the ambulance when safe, and allow the patient
to leave when it is safe to do so.
If you were en-route to an ED and the patient decided they
wanted to go to an alternative location, is this allowed? -
ANSWER-Yes, as long as you have not arrived at the initial ED.
Policy 604 - ANSWER-Do no Resuscitate (DNR)
What are valid forms of DNR? - ANSWER-"No Code / No CPR"
on chart, DNR form, CDNR medallion, DPAHC (durable power of
attorney for health care), & POLST.
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What happens if no form can be produced? - ANSWER-The
patient is to receive full resuscitative care.
What happens if, during CPR, an adequate form is produced? -
ANSWER-Withhold/Discontinue resuscitative efforts.
If you are given a copy of a DNR form, what must you document
in your PCR? - ANSWER-The validity of the DNR, and a copy of
the DNR.
Once a patient is found to be deceased, who has jurisdiction over
that person? - ANSWER-1. if in public place, local public safety
agency retains jurisdiction
2. if at home, local police or fire agency present retain jurisdiction
3. if at residential care facility (SNF), staff makes arrangements
4. if during transport, transport without BLS or ALS interventions
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If your patient expires en-route, what three options do you have? -
ANSWER-1. transport to pre-arranged destination equipped and
prepared to maintain the decedent including notification of local
law enforcement; nurse can give time of death
2. return to the point of departure
3. transport to the closest emergency department of an acute care
hospital
Policy 605 - ANSWER-Prehospital Trauma Triage
What types of penetrating injuries are considered Trauma Alert
criteria? - ANSWER-Injuries to the head, neck, back, chest,
abdomen, groin, or extremities proximal to elbows or knees.
At what speed for a motor vehicle accident would be an automatic
mechanism of injury (MOI) for a major trauma victim (MTV) alert?
- ANSWER-40 MPH or greater
SANTA CLARA COUNTY EMS EXAM LATEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM
WITH COMPLETE EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+|
||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
You have a patient that wants to be transported out of the county,
is this allowed? - ANSWER-Only if directed by county officials.
If a patient requested to no longer be transported to the hospital,
and wanted to exit your ambulance. How would you respond? -
ANSWER-Stop the ambulance when safe, and allow the patient
to leave when it is safe to do so.
If you were en-route to an ED and the patient decided they
wanted to go to an alternative location, is this allowed? -
ANSWER-Yes, as long as you have not arrived at the initial ED.
Policy 604 - ANSWER-Do no Resuscitate (DNR)
What are valid forms of DNR? - ANSWER-"No Code / No CPR"
on chart, DNR form, CDNR medallion, DPAHC (durable power of
attorney for health care), & POLST.
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What happens if no form can be produced? - ANSWER-The
patient is to receive full resuscitative care.
What happens if, during CPR, an adequate form is produced? -
ANSWER-Withhold/Discontinue resuscitative efforts.
If you are given a copy of a DNR form, what must you document
in your PCR? - ANSWER-The validity of the DNR, and a copy of
the DNR.
Once a patient is found to be deceased, who has jurisdiction over
that person? - ANSWER-1. if in public place, local public safety
agency retains jurisdiction
2. if at home, local police or fire agency present retain jurisdiction
3. if at residential care facility (SNF), staff makes arrangements
4. if during transport, transport without BLS or ALS interventions
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If your patient expires en-route, what three options do you have? -
ANSWER-1. transport to pre-arranged destination equipped and
prepared to maintain the decedent including notification of local
law enforcement; nurse can give time of death
2. return to the point of departure
3. transport to the closest emergency department of an acute care
hospital
Policy 605 - ANSWER-Prehospital Trauma Triage
What types of penetrating injuries are considered Trauma Alert
criteria? - ANSWER-Injuries to the head, neck, back, chest,
abdomen, groin, or extremities proximal to elbows or knees.
At what speed for a motor vehicle accident would be an automatic
mechanism of injury (MOI) for a major trauma victim (MTV) alert?
- ANSWER-40 MPH or greater
