AEMT
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Protocol
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Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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/person /
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/suggestive /
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/illness /
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/person /
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/or //
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/person /
/identified /
/by /
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/informed //2nd //or //3rd //party //caller //as //requiring //evaluation //for //potential //illness //or //injury
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/considerations //- /
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/ANSWERS(S)✔✔For /
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/18 /
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/Pediatric /
/Patient /
/Destination /
/protocol; /
/Pediatric /
/treatment //protocols //are //to //be //used //on //children //who //have //not //yet //experienced //puberty.
Signs /
/of /
/puberty /
/include //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔chest /
/or //underarm //hair //on //males, //and //any //breast //development //in //females.
,General /
/Adult //Assessment //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔1. //Scene //safety /// //scene //size //up; //NOI/MOI;
//PPE/BSI; //Bring //all //equipment //to //patients //side
2. //Level //of //consciousness //-> //unresponsive //-> //check //pulse-> //none //-> //Cardiac //arrest
Airway //-> //sigs //of //compromised //or //non //protecting //-> //Ventilation //management //
Breathing //-> //inadequate //or //resp. //distress //-> //Resp. //Distress
Circulation //-> //bleeding //-> //General //trauma
Disability //-> //Altered //or //confused //-> //altered //mental //status/syncope
3. //History //- //HPI //& //AMPLE
Vital //signs //and //physical //exam
blood //glucose //testing //if //indicated //
Special //treatment //protocol //as //indicated
Cervical //Stabilization //as //indicated
Comfort //measures //(splint, //position //of //comfort) //
Vascular //access //as //indicated
Oxygen //therapy //to //keep //SPO2 //> //94%
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/Radio /
/contact /
/for /
/all /
/trauma //center //patients, //Code //3 //returns, //need //for //telemetry //physician //& //as //per //protocol
Transport //per //Disposition //Criteria //if //applicable //
*Transport //to //closest //facility //for //Airway //emergencies //(inability //to //adequately //ventilate)
Disposition /
/for /
/patients /
, /sustaining /
/traumatic /
/injuries //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔transported /
/in //accordance //with //the //Trauma //Field //Triage //Criteria //Protocol
Disposition /
/for /
/patients /
/sustaining /
/burn /
/injuries //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Transported //in //accordance //with //the //Burns //Protocol
Disposition /
/for /
/pediatric /
/patients /
/(<18 /
/y/o) //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Transported //in //accordance //with //the //Pediatric //Destination //protocol
Disposition /
/for /
/patients /
/with /
/evidence /
/of /
/stroke //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Transported //in //accordance //with //the //Stroke //(CVA) //protocol
Disposition /
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