Not Breathing Situations - Answers Hanging, Strangulation, Suffocation, COMPLETE Obstruction, etc.
Ineffective Breathing phrases - Answers "Barely breathing", "Can't breath at all", "Gasping", "Turning
purple", etc.
Obvious extreme respiratory distress (1st party) - Answers A 1st party caller exhibiting signs including,
but not limited to, fighting for each breath, using single words or syllable to express her/himself,
expressing extreme desperation, or thoughts of impending death.
Agonal Breathing - Answers An ineffective, deteriorating breathing pattern that lingers after the heart
has essentially stopped pumping blood to the brain.
Uncertain Breathing - Answers A situation where a 2nd party caller is uncertain, unsure, indefinite, or
ambiguous when asked if an unconscious patient is breathing.
MEDICAL - Answers A sudden, unexplained collapse resulting in unconsciousness, even when reported
as ground-level fall, should be considered _________________ cardiac arrest until proven otherwise.
TRAUMATIC - Answers When cardiac arrest appears to be ____________ in nature, choose the Chief
Complaint Protocol that best fits scene safety concerns and the mechanism or injury.
Mechanism of injury - Answers If the complaint description suggests TRAUMA, choose the Chief
Complaint Protocol that best addresses the _________________.
foremost symptom - Answers If the complaint description appears to be MEDICAL in nature, choose the
Chief Complaint Protocol that best fits the patient's ________________ , with consideration given to
priority symptoms.
Protocol 6 - Answers When the complaint description is breathing-related tracheostomy problems in the
conscious patient, go to ____________.
Do not utilize - Answers If the complaint description involves both chest pain/HEART ATTACK symptoms
and STROKE symptoms, go to Protocol 10 but _________________ the Aspirin Diagnostic and
Instructions tool.
consciousness and breathing - Answers When the complaint description strongly suggests GENERALIZED
seizure, go to Protocol 12 regardless of __________________________.
coffee grounds appearance or unusually dark or black - Answers If the complaint description involves
vomit with a __________________________ and tar like fecal matter go to Protocol 21.
Protocol 26 - Answers Sickle cell crisis/thalassemia, autonumic dysreflexia or acute adrenal insufficiency
are handled on
due to trauma - Answers For chest pain _______________________ go to Protocol 30.