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SANTA CLARA EMS EXAMStroke centers - Answers- Everything except Psych and Veteran's; El Camino Mountain
View, Good Samaritan, Kaiser Santa clara, El Camino Los Gatos, O'Conner, Regional
Medical Center San Jose, St. Louis, Kaiser San Jose, Stanford, Santa Clara Valley
Medical Center
Pediatric trauma centers - Answers- Stanford, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Adult Trauma centers - Answers- Regional Medical Center San Jose, Stanford, Santa
Clara Valley Medical Center
Burn Centers - Answers- Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
STEMI centers - Answers- El Camino Mountain View, Good Samaritan, Kaiser Santa
Clara, O'Conner, Regional Medical Center San Jose, Kaiser San Jose, Stanford, Santa
Clara Valley Medical Center (All except Psych, Veteran's, St. Louis, and El Camino Los
Gatos)
Mobilization Centers when communications have been blacked out or for large scale
incidents - Answers- De Anza College (North), San Jose Fairgrounds (South), Gilroy
Firestation @ Masden & 101 (very South)
4 criteria for sepsis (and how many do you need?) - Answers- Need 2 of the following:
pulse >90, systolic <90, temp <96 or >100.4, respirations >20. Must also have suspicion
of infection.
What 4 items would you give on a radio report? - Answers- Patient age, sex, chief
complaint, ETA
A stroke pt should be transported to a COMPREHENSIVE stroke center if
_______________ (time frame, how many BEFAST signs) - Answers- It has been 3.5-
5hrs since pt was last seen normal, pt has at least 1 BEFAST symptom, and pt has not
had seizure
A stroke pt should be transported to a PRIMARY stroke center if _______________
(time frame, how many BEFAST signs) - Answers- It has been <3.5hrs or >5hrs since
pt last seen normal
How many pts are in a Level 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 multiple pt incident? - Answers- Lvl 1:
<10, Lvl 2: <20, Lvl 3: 20-100 (use START triage), lvl 4: 100-1000, lvl 5: >1000
What 3 instances qualify as "in-extremis?" - Answers- Breech presentation or
protruding limb during delivery; a visible external bleed that cannot be controlled with
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