Santa Clara EMS Test Questions and Answers
100% Pass
EMS personnel badges expire the same day as their EMS license - ✔✔True
You can determine an injury as major trauma or minor trauma on scene by viewing the severity of the
trauma - ✔✔False
A 26 year old male with an arrow through his left fore arm proximal to the elbow would be categorized
as a major trauma - ✔✔False
If a pt with a score of 4/5 on the GFAST scale has not shown any normal signs since _____ hours ago you
would transport them to a comprehensive stroke center - ✔✔6 hours
You would transport North trauma pt to _______, central trauma pt to _________, and eastern trauma pt
to _________ - ✔✔Stanford, Valley Medical, Regional
Updated EMS policy notifications would be distributed as follows except for which medium? - ✔✔Paper
copy sent to every EMS provider
A physician on scene give more information than if they are giving online direction? - ✔✔False
When a patient passes away at their home during intervention what agency or person(s) are responsible
for the deposition of the descendent? - ✔✔The fire department or police (if present)
Pediatric Trauma Hospitals - ✔✔Stanford and Valley Med
A patient who is a major trauma patient can ask to go to a hospital that is out of county and the EMT will
comply - ✔✔False
Adult Trauma Hospitals - ✔✔Stanford, Valley Med, Regional
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, Fire can transport when - ✔✔-pt needs RLS transport and county EMS is not on scene for at least 18
minutes
-pt is in cardiac/respiratory arrest
-STEMI/Stroke alert
-Major Trauma Criteria
-Needs rapid transport
-uncontrollable airway
EMS directors in an MCI can do all of the following except - ✔✔Take jurisdiction of the local law
enforcement
In extremis means - ✔✔-protruding limb
-uncontrollable airway
-unable to stop bleeding after use of tourniquet
Medical Health Operational Area Coordinator - ✔✔The Medical Health Operational Area Coordinator
(MHOAC) for Santa
Clara County is the Public Health Officer and EMS Director.
-initial point of contact for all mutual aid requests
-delegate available resources for mutual aid
The Operations Director can during MCI - ✔✔Change emergency procedures to mitigate the potential
threat of the MCI
Requests for Medical-Health Mutual Aid into Santa Clara County: - ✔✔-Incident command officer makes
request
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100% Pass
EMS personnel badges expire the same day as their EMS license - ✔✔True
You can determine an injury as major trauma or minor trauma on scene by viewing the severity of the
trauma - ✔✔False
A 26 year old male with an arrow through his left fore arm proximal to the elbow would be categorized
as a major trauma - ✔✔False
If a pt with a score of 4/5 on the GFAST scale has not shown any normal signs since _____ hours ago you
would transport them to a comprehensive stroke center - ✔✔6 hours
You would transport North trauma pt to _______, central trauma pt to _________, and eastern trauma pt
to _________ - ✔✔Stanford, Valley Medical, Regional
Updated EMS policy notifications would be distributed as follows except for which medium? - ✔✔Paper
copy sent to every EMS provider
A physician on scene give more information than if they are giving online direction? - ✔✔False
When a patient passes away at their home during intervention what agency or person(s) are responsible
for the deposition of the descendent? - ✔✔The fire department or police (if present)
Pediatric Trauma Hospitals - ✔✔Stanford and Valley Med
A patient who is a major trauma patient can ask to go to a hospital that is out of county and the EMT will
comply - ✔✔False
Adult Trauma Hospitals - ✔✔Stanford, Valley Med, Regional
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, Fire can transport when - ✔✔-pt needs RLS transport and county EMS is not on scene for at least 18
minutes
-pt is in cardiac/respiratory arrest
-STEMI/Stroke alert
-Major Trauma Criteria
-Needs rapid transport
-uncontrollable airway
EMS directors in an MCI can do all of the following except - ✔✔Take jurisdiction of the local law
enforcement
In extremis means - ✔✔-protruding limb
-uncontrollable airway
-unable to stop bleeding after use of tourniquet
Medical Health Operational Area Coordinator - ✔✔The Medical Health Operational Area Coordinator
(MHOAC) for Santa
Clara County is the Public Health Officer and EMS Director.
-initial point of contact for all mutual aid requests
-delegate available resources for mutual aid
The Operations Director can during MCI - ✔✔Change emergency procedures to mitigate the potential
threat of the MCI
Requests for Medical-Health Mutual Aid into Santa Clara County: - ✔✔-Incident command officer makes
request
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