Ambulance driver license - California
handbook
How many minimum cots/stretchers? Correct answers Two stretchers - one
of which is
collapsibl
e
Straps must be included
for pt
Minimum emergency care equipment and supplies Correct answers - Ankle
and wrist - soft ties are
restraints
acceptable
- Sheets, pillow cases, blankets, towels for each
stretcher
-2
pillows
- 3 OPAs - one each of a size for adult, pediatric,
infant
- 4+ pneumatic or rigid
splints
- Resuscitator - BVM with clear masks for adult,
-pediatric, infant must be sufficient to provide a patient with not less than
Oxygen supplies
10 lpm for 20
minute
s
- 12 sterile bandage compresses or
equivalent
- 4 3x3 sterile roller
bandages
- 6 2,3,4, or 6 inch roller
bandages
- 2 rolls of 1,2, or 3 inch adhesive
tape
- Bandage
shears
- 2 10x30 or larger universal
dressings
- Emesis basin - or disposable
- Covered waste
bags
container
- Portable suction equipment: squeeze syringes along are NOT -
sufficient
- Two
sandbags
- Two spinal immobilization
devices
One at least 30 inches
long
One at least 60 inches
long with
both
straps
Combination short-long boards are
-acceptable
Half-ring traction splint for lower extremity with limb support slings, padded
ankle hitch
strap, and heel rest or equivalent
device.
- Blood pressure manometer, cuff and
stethoscope
- Sterile OB kit. Minimum of: gloves, umbilical cord tape/clamps, dressings,
towels, bulb
syringe, clean plastic
bags
- A gallon or more of potable water, OR two L of saline solution in
covered, secured
plastic
container
- One bedpan or fracture
pan
, - One
urinal
Exception for ambulances minimum emergency equipment and
supplies Correct
answers Ambulances while in use for infant transportation/neonate
intensiveservices
nursery care is using truck: they do not need to carry the equipment or
supplies
would that with the specialized care and transport
interfere
of their pt
Minimum safety equipment Correct answers - Siren and steady burning
red warning
lamp that meets requirements established by the
Department
- Seat belts or equivalent restraints for the driver and any front seat
passenger
- Fire extinguisher: dry chemical or carbon dioxide. (vaporizing type
prohibited)
- minimum 4-B:C
-rating
Portable, battery-operated
light
- Spare wheel with inflated
tire
- Jack and tools for wheel
changes
- GPS or map covering ambulance service
area
- Pt compartment door latches operable from inside and outisde - and must
be FIRST
REGISTERED AFTER JAN 1
1980
What does the term "Ambulance" define? Correct answers "A vehicle
specially
constructed, modified or equipped, and used for the purpose of
transporting
injured, sick,
convalescent, infirm, or otherwise incapacitated
persons."
How is an ambulance service defined? Correct answers A private or public
organization
or individual providing an ambulance for use in
emergency service
What defines an emergency call? Correct answers A request for an
ambulance
transport orto assist persons in apparent sudden need of medical
attention;
medical or, in a
emergency, as determined by a physician, to transport blood, any
therapeutic
device, accessory to such device, or tissue or organ for
transplant
What defines an emergency service Correct answers a function performed in
response
to an emergency call. Emergency service also includes transportation of
a patient,
regardless of a presumption of death of the patient, or a transportation of a
body for the
Code 3 operation Correct answers A term used to describe the use of red
purpose of making an
lights
sire and gift
anatomical
n.
Authorized to emergency vehicles engaged in police, fire, and live
saving services
Convictions Correct answers Convictions that are specified as affecting
employmentfor
certification or the ambulance driver remain convictions regardless of a
subsequent
action by the court to dismiss or set aside a guilty
verdict.
Ambulance identification Correct answers Name of the public entity that
operates anambulance service or the name under which the ambulance
emergency
licensee is
handbook
How many minimum cots/stretchers? Correct answers Two stretchers - one
of which is
collapsibl
e
Straps must be included
for pt
Minimum emergency care equipment and supplies Correct answers - Ankle
and wrist - soft ties are
restraints
acceptable
- Sheets, pillow cases, blankets, towels for each
stretcher
-2
pillows
- 3 OPAs - one each of a size for adult, pediatric,
infant
- 4+ pneumatic or rigid
splints
- Resuscitator - BVM with clear masks for adult,
-pediatric, infant must be sufficient to provide a patient with not less than
Oxygen supplies
10 lpm for 20
minute
s
- 12 sterile bandage compresses or
equivalent
- 4 3x3 sterile roller
bandages
- 6 2,3,4, or 6 inch roller
bandages
- 2 rolls of 1,2, or 3 inch adhesive
tape
- Bandage
shears
- 2 10x30 or larger universal
dressings
- Emesis basin - or disposable
- Covered waste
bags
container
- Portable suction equipment: squeeze syringes along are NOT -
sufficient
- Two
sandbags
- Two spinal immobilization
devices
One at least 30 inches
long
One at least 60 inches
long with
both
straps
Combination short-long boards are
-acceptable
Half-ring traction splint for lower extremity with limb support slings, padded
ankle hitch
strap, and heel rest or equivalent
device.
- Blood pressure manometer, cuff and
stethoscope
- Sterile OB kit. Minimum of: gloves, umbilical cord tape/clamps, dressings,
towels, bulb
syringe, clean plastic
bags
- A gallon or more of potable water, OR two L of saline solution in
covered, secured
plastic
container
- One bedpan or fracture
pan
, - One
urinal
Exception for ambulances minimum emergency equipment and
supplies Correct
answers Ambulances while in use for infant transportation/neonate
intensiveservices
nursery care is using truck: they do not need to carry the equipment or
supplies
would that with the specialized care and transport
interfere
of their pt
Minimum safety equipment Correct answers - Siren and steady burning
red warning
lamp that meets requirements established by the
Department
- Seat belts or equivalent restraints for the driver and any front seat
passenger
- Fire extinguisher: dry chemical or carbon dioxide. (vaporizing type
prohibited)
- minimum 4-B:C
-rating
Portable, battery-operated
light
- Spare wheel with inflated
tire
- Jack and tools for wheel
changes
- GPS or map covering ambulance service
area
- Pt compartment door latches operable from inside and outisde - and must
be FIRST
REGISTERED AFTER JAN 1
1980
What does the term "Ambulance" define? Correct answers "A vehicle
specially
constructed, modified or equipped, and used for the purpose of
transporting
injured, sick,
convalescent, infirm, or otherwise incapacitated
persons."
How is an ambulance service defined? Correct answers A private or public
organization
or individual providing an ambulance for use in
emergency service
What defines an emergency call? Correct answers A request for an
ambulance
transport orto assist persons in apparent sudden need of medical
attention;
medical or, in a
emergency, as determined by a physician, to transport blood, any
therapeutic
device, accessory to such device, or tissue or organ for
transplant
What defines an emergency service Correct answers a function performed in
response
to an emergency call. Emergency service also includes transportation of
a patient,
regardless of a presumption of death of the patient, or a transportation of a
body for the
Code 3 operation Correct answers A term used to describe the use of red
purpose of making an
lights
sire and gift
anatomical
n.
Authorized to emergency vehicles engaged in police, fire, and live
saving services
Convictions Correct answers Convictions that are specified as affecting
employmentfor
certification or the ambulance driver remain convictions regardless of a
subsequent
action by the court to dismiss or set aside a guilty
verdict.
Ambulance identification Correct answers Name of the public entity that
operates anambulance service or the name under which the ambulance
emergency
licensee is
