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OCEMS Protocol
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OCEMS Protocol
The ________________________ physician must relinquish the responsibility of patient
care to the physician on scene for the scene physician to take control - ️️Medical
Control
The paramedic has the discretion to continue resuscitation efforts in any case despite
termination of resuscitation...
OCEMS Protocol study guide
The ________________________ physician must relinquish the responsibility of patient
care to the physician on scene for the scene physician to take control - ✔️✔️Medical
Control
The paramedic has the discretion to continue resuscitation efforts in any case despite
termination of resuscitation criteria being met if - ✔️✔️scene safety, location, patient's
age, time of arrest or bystander input compels this decision.
EMTs are able to perform the following: - ✔️✔️Apply pulse oximetry and capnography
monitoring devices, perform blood glucose evaluations, perform bag valve mask
ventilation, perform LTA insertion and ventilation and perform BVM ventilation of
paramedic inserted ET tube
A patient encounter shall be considered any event - ✔️✔️when signs and symptoms,
or a complaint results in evaluation or treatment.
How long to decide if ALS is needed? - ✔️✔️Within 3 minutes after patient contact
How long should initial assessment generally take? - ✔️✔️10 minutes
Trauma patients should be enroute to a receiving facility within _______ minutes unless
extensive extrication or atypical situations are encountered - ✔️✔️10 minutes
Medical patients should enroute within - ✔️✔️20 minutes
Whenever possible obtain what type of consent prior to initializing treatment? -
✔️✔️Verbal
For trauma situations a pediatric patient has - ✔️✔️the anatomical and physical
characteristics of a person fifteen years or younger
When a patient is given parenteral narcotics or sedative agents, what shall be
performed? - ✔️✔️Continuous cardiac, O2 saturation and ETCO2 monitoring
In non-critical patients only use a concentration of oxygen to achieve an O2 saturation
of over ____ this can normally be accomplished with a ____________________ -
✔️✔️95%
nasal cannula
, All patients should be transported to the hospital of their choice when operationally
feasible unless the patient is - ✔️✔️Unstable
If several hospitals are within the same approximate distance from the scene, allow the
__________ or __________ family to select the receiving facility of their choice -
✔️✔️patient
patient's
Contact the hospital at least how many minutes prior to arrival? - ✔️✔️5 minutes
Unless otherwise specified in protocol, give individual IV medication doses over -
✔️✔️1-2 minutes
Crews should interface with the charge nurse within how many minutes of arrival at the
ER? - ✔️✔️2 minutes
Can you give orange juice to a patient to a diabetic patient if no IV is available? -
✔️✔️Yes, if patient is alert enough to self administer oral agent
Hold fluid boluses at ____________ ml if no hypotension - ✔️✔️500ml
Some criteria to consider when treating kidney stones: - ✔️✔️equal or less than age 55
fever greater 100.4F
systolic BP > 120
Do not use magnesium sulfate if - ✔️✔️CHF is suspected
Contact medical control for approval of administration of EPI 1:1000 0.3mg IM for
patients that are - ✔️✔️>55 years old or known to be on beta blockers
When chemical or physical restraints are used perform - ✔️✔️full ALS assessment and
treatment
Advanced airway / ventilatory management ventilate at a rate of - ✔️✔️8-10 breaths
per minute
can atropine be delivered down the ET tube? - ✔️✔️Yes, the meds for ET tube are Epi,
narcan and atropine
What are the H's for cardiac arrest? - ✔️✔️Hypoxia
Hypovolemia
Hydrogen Ion (Acidosis)
Hyperkalemia
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