SNHD Protocols Updated 2023-2024 /181 Questions
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Quiz :SNHD Manual - Answer :The goal of the manual is to standardize
prehospital care in Clark County
Quiz :If a physician giving on-line medical consultation directs you to provide
care not explicitly stated in the protocol manual you must...? - Answer :You
and the telemetry physician must immediately notify OEMSTS. In addition,
after finishing the call, you as the provider must make all prehospital care
documentation/records of your deviation and telemetry physician's name
available to OEMSTS. This will then be used for Quality Improvement Review.
Quiz :If a physicians orders are against protocol, could possibly endanger
patient, or there is a lack of resources. What must you do...? - Answer :You
must notify telemetry physician why you are not able to carry out the order.
Then, indicate the following on prehospital records: the order given, time it
was given, and reason the order could not be carried out. Then all
documentation/records must be available immediately after the call to
OEMSTS and then will be used for Quality Improvement Review.
Quiz :What is a PATIENT - Answer :1) A person who has a complaint or
mechanism suggestive of potential illness or injury;
2) A person who has obvious evidence of illness or injury; or
3) A person identified by an informed 2nd or 3rd party caller as requiring
evaluation for
potential illness or injury.
Quiz :Pediatric Patient Destination Age - Answer :<18
Quiz :ASA - Answer :Acetylsalicylic Acid
Quiz :CCC CPR - Answer :Continuous Chest Compression CPR:
Compressions - Push hard (≥2 Inches) Push fast (≥100/min)
BVM - at 8 BPM
Quiz :Drugs that can be administered through a M.A.D. - Answer :Nalaxone
Quiz :START triage - Answer :RED (Immediate/Life Threatening): Dyspnea,
severe bleeding, severe medical problem, signs of shock, severe burns, open
chest or abdominal injuries
Yellow (Delayed/Seriously injured but no life threats): Burns (with no airway
obstruction), multiple bone/joint injuries, back injuries with/without spinal
cord injuries.
Green (Walking Wounded): Minor fractures/soft tissue injuries
Black (Dead/Fatally injured): Obviously dead, Fatally injures such as open brain
trauma, respiratory arrest (if resources limited), cardiac arrest.
Quiz :Trauma Patients shall be transported... - Answer :According to Trauma
Field Triage Protocol
Quiz :Burn patients shall be transported.... - Answer :According to Burn
Protocol
Quiz :Pediatric patients shall be transported... - Answer :(<18 y/o) According
to the Pediatric Destination Protocol
Quiz :Patients with evidence of a stroke shall be transported... -
Answer :According to Stroke (CVA) protocol
Quiz :Sexual assault victims <13 y/o shall be transported to - Answer :Sunrise
Hospital
Quiz :Sexual assault victims ≥18 y/o shall be transported to - Answer :UMC
Quiz :Sexual assault victims between ages 13 and 18 y/o shall be transported
to - Answer :Either UMC or Sunrise Hospital
Quiz :Sexual assault victims outside the 50 mile radius of appropriate facility
shall be transported to - Answer :Nearest appropriate facility
, Quiz :Where should stable patients be transported to - Answer :Their hospital
of choice or nearest facility
Quiz :For patients outside of the 50 mile radius of protocol designated
transport destination shall be transported to - Answer :Nearest appropriate
facility
Quiz :Waiting Room Placement requisites - Answer :Patient cannot be on a
legal psychiatric hold and must meet the following requirements:
+ HR: 60-100
+ RR: 10-20
+ Systolic: 100-180
+ Diastolic: 60-100
+ Room air SPO2: >94%
+ A/O x 4
+ No medication was given except for a single dose of Morphine/Ondansetron
+ Paramedic opinion states pt. does not need ECG monitoring
+ No IV fluids are necessary
Quiz :If a hospital declares an internal disaster that hospital shall be bypassed
with the exceptions of - Answer :Cardiac arrest patients or whom adequate
ventilation has not been established
Quiz :In a General Adult Trauma Assessment how do you manage breathing -
Answer :Maintain SPO2 >94%:
+ If patients GCS <8 BVM
+ If patients GCS ≥8 titrate O2
Quiz :For an adult trauma patient with no palpable pulse what is the fluid
bolus - Answer :1L of Normal Saline
Quiz :In the General Adult Trauma Trauma Triage, what is the following step if
patient does (YES) has a palpable pulse - Answer :Obtain vascular access
Quiz :Trauma: Sucking Chest Wound - Answer :Apply an occlusive dressing
and tape down three sides
Quiz :Trauma: How do you control an active hemorrhage -
Answer :Hemorrhage control tourniquet
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