The prehospital - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

American Heart Association protocols are based on _________ correct answer: A. Evidence- Based Research As an EMT, you may be authorized to administer aspirin to a patient with chest pain based on: correct answer: B. Medical director approval National guidelines for EMS care are intended to __________. correct answer: D.provide more consistent delivery of EMS care across the United States Online medical control requires __________. correct answer: A. phone or radio contact with the ...

Endotracheal intubation EMS is treating a 24-year-old soccer player who was kicked in the chest. Prehospital providers note paradoxical movement of a portion of the patient's chest wall. The patient;s respiratory rate is 16 and oxygen saturation is 94%. What is the most appropriate action A) Endotracheal intubation B) Provide supplemental oxygen and transport to a trauma center C) Place bulky dressing over the wound and tight wrap the chest D) stabilize the segment with sandbags on the...

What role does EMS research play in EMS? correct answer: -Field research gathered from prehospital care that provides future guidance on best practices of EMS and provide public education to prevent emergencies. Explain how the EMS system functions in the following regarding standard of practice/protocols/Scope of Practice: 1) National level 2) State level 3) County level (service area) correct answer: -National: National EMS Scope of Practice Model - overarching guidelines of minimum requi...

POST TEST ATLS 2021| 2022| 2023 With Correct and Verified ANSWERS (SOAL POST TEST). SOAL POST TEST 1. Cardiac tamponade after trauma a. is seldom life-threatening b. can be excluded by an upright, AP chest x-ray c. can be confused with a tension pneumothorax d. causes a fall in systolic pressure of > 15 mm Hg with expiration e. most commonly occurs after blunt injury to the anterior chest wall 2. Which one of the following statements regarding patients with thoracic spine injuries i...

Heart Code 2025 ACLS Complete Healthcare Providers Exam Questions and Answers the HR is 92/min RR is 14/min, BP is 130/86 mmhg, spo2 is 97% and atrial fibrillation is on the monitor what additional assessment and stabilization activities should be completed ? - CORRECT ANSWER-check glucose, perform validated prehospital stroke screen and stroke severity tool, provide prehospital notification to the receiving hospital, initiate stroke protocol, establish time of symptom onset ( last...

EMT AAOS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED advanced EMT (AEMT) An individual who has training in specific aspects of advanced life support, such as intravenous therapy, and the administration of certain emergency medications advanced life support (ALS) Advanced lifesaving procedures, some of which are now being provided by the EMT Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) Comprehensive legislation that is designed to protect individuals with disabilities against discrimination automated extern...

SNHD Manual - Answer The goal of the manual is to standardize prehospital care in Clark County 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. Thi...

Ref. 304 Purpose of base hospital Base hospital is ? correct answer: responsible for providing medical direction and destination to pre-hospital care personnel within LA County EMS system according to standard procedures consistent with statewide guidelines Ref. 304 Purpose of base hospital MICN is what? correct answer: registered nurse who has been authorized by the medical director, qualified to provide prehospital advanced life support or to issue instructions to EMS personnel with...

A 42-year-old man is trapped from the waist down beneath his overturned tractor for several hours before medical assistance arrives. He is awake and alert until just before arriving in the emergency department. He is now unconscious and responds only to painful stimuli by moaning. His pupils are 3 mm in diameter and symmetrically reactive to light. Prehospital personnel indicate that they have not seen the patient move either of his lower extremities. On examination in the emergency depart...

EMT Module 7 Questions with complete solutions You are assisting a woman in the delivery of her infant when you note that a segment of the umbilical cord is sticking out of her birth canal. What is the prehospital treatment of this condition? [Ans: - Instruct the patient not to push. Place the mother in knee-chest position or elevate the hips with pillows, push the baby's head several inches upward into the birth canal, and cover the exposed cord with wet sterile dressings. What describes t...