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SANTA CLARA EMS TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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SANTA CLARA EMS TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSEMS personnel badges expire the same day as their EMS license - Answers- True
You can determine an injury as major trauma or minor trauma on scene by viewing the
severity of the trauma - Answers- 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 - Answers- False
Pediatric Trauma Hospitals - Answers- 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 - Answers- False
Adult Trauma Hospitals - Answers- Stanford, Valley Med, Regional
Fire can transport when - Answers- -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 - Answers- Take jurisdiction
of the local law enforcement
In extremis means - Answers- -protruding limb
-uncontrollable airway
-unable to stop bleeding after use of tourniquet
Medical Health Operational Area Coordinator - Answers- 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 - Answers- Change emergency procedures to
mitigate the potential threat of the MCI
Requests for Medical-Health Mutual Aid into Santa Clara County: - Answers- -Incident
command officer makes request
-Gives information to EMS duty chief
-If not resources available then MHOAC coordinates region II resources to help
, Imminent Danger is defined as - Answers- any threat or hazard that could reasonably
be
expected to cause immediate death or serious physical harm to a responder.
When staging the drivers side should - Answers- Be away from traffic, protected. All
EMS vehicles that are safety staging should be empty in case their vehicle is hit
True or false? When arriving at a scene and giving a PAR report, you should count
everyone with you except for ride alongs. - Answers- False
If patient is determined to be deceased EMS personnel will - Answers- -discontinue
resuscitative efforts
-cancel prehospital personnel en route
-provide appropriate care to bystanders
-complete PCR document reason for determination of death
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 -
Answers- 6 hours
You would transport North trauma pt to _______, central trauma pt to _________, and
eastern trauma pt to _________ - Answers- Stanford, Valley Medical, Regional
Updated EMS policy notifications would be distributed as follows except for which
medium? - Answers- Paper copy sent to every EMS provider
A physician on scene give more information than if they are giving online direction? -
Answers- False
When a patient passes away at their home during intervention what agency or person(s)
are responsible for the deposition of the descendent? - Answers- The fire department
or police (if present)
Physician on scene - Answers- Needs valid CA physicians license, other medical
license and business address.
physician will remain responsible for care until MD takes over. Must accompany crew to
hospital
Routine patient transport - Answers- transported to routine emergency department
unless EMS system surge, hospital diversion, or patient needs specialty care
Stroke Comprehensive - Answers- El camino, Good Sam, Regional, Stanford
Stroke Primary - Answers- All except VA
STEMI - Answers- All except PA, El camino, st, louise
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