ProQA questions with verified answers
All electrical burns are considered to be worse than they look
externally. True or false? Ans✓✓✓ True
Best approach for partial airway obstruction? Ans✓✓✓ Encourage
patient to continue spontaneous coughing and breathing efforts
Chest pain due to trauma should be handled in what protocol?
Ans✓✓✓ Protocol 30 Traumatic Injuries
How do you get power line commands to open? Ans✓✓✓ Press F4
How many breaths are tested using agonal breathing tool? Ans✓✓✓ 4
breaths over 3 intervals
How much time between breaths is considered ineffective breathing?
Ans✓✓✓ 10 seconds or more
If 2nd party is unsure if patient is breathing after seeing pt, what
answer should be chosen in case entry? Ans✓✓✓ Not breathing
If CC and breathing status unknown (3rd party caller), which protocol
should be used? Ans✓✓✓ 32 unknown problem
, If CC involved trauma, how do you choose best protocol? Ans✓✓✓
One that addresses the mechanism of injury
If CC is medical in nature, how do you choose the correct protocol?
Ans✓✓✓ The one that fits the patients foremost symptom, with
priority symptoms taking precedence.
If someone says it hurts to breathe, is this considered abnormal or
difficulty breathing? Ans✓✓✓ No
If the caller only wants medical advice, what is the process? Ans✓✓✓ -
Open f8 screen
- Enter address but in location field type "AMB SNR"
- Use protocol 6 for medical advice
- transfer to health direct medical advice line
In a burns patient, which is more useful to responders? Rule of 9's or
description of areas burnt? Ans✓✓✓ Description of areas burnt
Is the severity of pain related to the seriousness of the problem?
Ans✓✓✓ No
One example of when a call taker make recommend a job be upgraded
to a higher priority. Ans✓✓✓ When the patient is exposed to weather
elements eg very hot day, snowy, elderly person in the pouring rain
All electrical burns are considered to be worse than they look
externally. True or false? Ans✓✓✓ True
Best approach for partial airway obstruction? Ans✓✓✓ Encourage
patient to continue spontaneous coughing and breathing efforts
Chest pain due to trauma should be handled in what protocol?
Ans✓✓✓ Protocol 30 Traumatic Injuries
How do you get power line commands to open? Ans✓✓✓ Press F4
How many breaths are tested using agonal breathing tool? Ans✓✓✓ 4
breaths over 3 intervals
How much time between breaths is considered ineffective breathing?
Ans✓✓✓ 10 seconds or more
If 2nd party is unsure if patient is breathing after seeing pt, what
answer should be chosen in case entry? Ans✓✓✓ Not breathing
If CC and breathing status unknown (3rd party caller), which protocol
should be used? Ans✓✓✓ 32 unknown problem
, If CC involved trauma, how do you choose best protocol? Ans✓✓✓
One that addresses the mechanism of injury
If CC is medical in nature, how do you choose the correct protocol?
Ans✓✓✓ The one that fits the patients foremost symptom, with
priority symptoms taking precedence.
If someone says it hurts to breathe, is this considered abnormal or
difficulty breathing? Ans✓✓✓ No
If the caller only wants medical advice, what is the process? Ans✓✓✓ -
Open f8 screen
- Enter address but in location field type "AMB SNR"
- Use protocol 6 for medical advice
- transfer to health direct medical advice line
In a burns patient, which is more useful to responders? Rule of 9's or
description of areas burnt? Ans✓✓✓ Description of areas burnt
Is the severity of pain related to the seriousness of the problem?
Ans✓✓✓ No
One example of when a call taker make recommend a job be upgraded
to a higher priority. Ans✓✓✓ When the patient is exposed to weather
elements eg very hot day, snowy, elderly person in the pouring rain
