Santa clara ems Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Santa Clara County EMS Paramedic Protocol Exam ...

Santa Clara county hospitals El Camino Hospital of Los Gatos LGH ( Los Gatos) Out of county Hospitals Hazel Hawkins Hospital HHH (Hollister) Santa Clara county hospitals Good Samaritan Hospital GSH (San Jose) Santa Clara county hospitals El Camino Hospital of Mountain View ECH (Mountain View) Santa Clara county hospitals Kaiser Foundations Santa Clara KSC (Santa Clara) Santa Clara county hospitals O'Connor Hospital OCH (San Jose) Santa Clara...

Santa Clara County EMS Test ...

A BLS ambulance arrives on scene of a 9-1-1 call and the patient is experiencing acute shortness of breath. The on-scene fire department paramedic should maintain care and accompany the patient to the hospital if no other ambulance is responding. A. True B. False - Answer-True A MPMP with 15 patients would qualify as what level? - Answer-level 2 According to county protocols what is the age that determines whether a patient is considered an adult or a child? - Answer-Under 15 years of age...

. Infectious Disease Control Measures a. Universal/Standard Precautions (PPE) - 1. Nitrile Gloves 2. Eye Protection 3. Hand washing after every patient contact 4. If hand washing not possible, use waterless hand sanitizer "turn down" situations" - a. Violation of safe work practices b. Environmental conditions make the work unsafe c. Individual lacks necessary qualifications or experience d. Defective equipment is being used e. The assignment violates federal, state, or local law or ...

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Santa Clara County EMS Exam ...

For IFT what form of communication is used for ringdowns? - company dispatch How will policy implementation be disseminated to you? - via program manager If a physician arrives on scene what must you do first? - ask for proper identification If a pt requested to no longer be transported to the hospital and wanted to exit your ambulance, how would you respond? - attempt to convince pt, if continue stop ambulance when safe, let them go and notify county. Policy 108 - system variance reportin...

- Primary: ALL except PAV and EPS - stroke hospitals . Include the following information 1. Demographics a. Unit ID (agency, type, number) b. ETA c. Patient's Age d. Patient's Sex 2. EMS provider's primary impression and patient's C/C 3. Any pertinent medical history, pertinent medications, pertinent allergies, and any other significant findings from physical assessment 4. Vital signs a. Explain and report abnormal findings b. Otherwise, state "within normal limits" (WNL) 5. T...

Which of the following is an indication for the use of a CAT Tourniquet? A. Proximal extremity hemorrhage where the use of a tourniquet is impractical B. Over a bullet wound C. Pediatric pt with an uncontrollable extremity hemorrhage D. None of the above Pediatric pt with an uncontrollable extremity hemorrhage Who is the Medical/Health Operational Area Coordinator for Santa Clara County? A. County executive B. County Sheriff C. County Health Officer D. County Fire Chief Coun...