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1301 : Prehospital Code of Ethics 1302 : Airway Management and Monitoring 1303 : Algorithm for Cath Lab Activation 1305 : Capnography 1307 : Care of the Patient with Agitation 2 | P a g e 1308 : Cardic Monitoring / 12-Lead ECG 1309 : Color Code Drug Dosages 1310 : Conducted Electrical Weapon 1315 : Continuous Positiv

Systolic blood pressure (SBP): < 90 mmHg or < 70 mm Hg in infant < 1 yr : Trauma Criteria Respiratory rate: > 29 breaths/minute (sustained), < 10 breaths/minute, < 20 breaths/minute in infant < 1 yr., or requiring ventilatory support : Trauma Criteria Cardiopulmonary arrest with penetrating torso trauma : Trauma Criteria ALL penetrating injuries to head, neck, torso, and extremities above the elbow or knee : Trauma Criteria Blunt head injury associated with: suspe...

1. How should paramedics manage pain due to IO infusion : Lidocaine 2% 1. When performing TCP, after you get ROSC, Pt is still showing signs of poor perfusion what should you do next? : Increase Rate by 10bpm 1. Paramedics respond to the home of an 86 yo male who sustained a mechanical fall down a flight of stairs thirty minutes prior to your arrival. A contusion is noted to his occipital no other visible trauma noted. 88/60, 112,12, 99%. GCS 345, changed from baseline, how do you ma...

Policy I-A (1-3) : 1) Decapitation 2) Massive Crush Injury 3) Penetrating or blunt injury with evisceration of the heart, lung, or brain Policy I-A (4-6) : 4) Decomposition 5) Incineration 6) Pulseless, non-breathing victims with extrication time greater than fifteen minutes, where no resuscitative measures can be performed prior to extrication Policy I-A (7-9) : 7) Penetrating trauma patients who are found apneic, pulseless, asystolic, and without pupillary reflexes upon arrival 8...

Who must approve the local scope of practice by EMS agencies? : State EMS authority Who determines the Local EMT Scope of Practice? : LA County EMS Agency *Medical Director* Give the reason for the development of the LA County Scope of Practice? : -Address the special needs of patients prior to arrival of ALS unit and during interfacility transport -Expedite the care of patients in acute distress What are the requirements that must be met by EMTs to be able to function within the LA ...

Activated Charcoal : Adsorbant Adenosine : Antidysrythmic Albuterol Sulfate : B2 Receptor agonist, Bronchodilator Amiodarone : Antidysrythmic Aspirin : Platelet inhibitor, Cyclo-oxygenase inhibitor(Analgesic &Anti-inflammatory) Atropine Sulfate 2 | P a g e : Parasympatholytic Calcium Chloride : Electrolyte Dextrose : Carbohydrate Diphenhydramine : Antihistamine Dopamine : Sympathomimetic Epinephrine Hydrochloride : Sympathomimetic Fentanyl : Narcotic Analgesi

Use the corresponding "____-P" protocol if the patients age is ? : Less than or equal or 14 years of age (Peds) Why do paramedics make base contact, besides having their offline medical direction treatment protocols ? : 1. To gain online medical control 2. To get additional guidance (help) on field care 1. Children ages 13 to 36 months of age, what is required ? 2. EXCEPT for those who? : 1. Base contact & transport 2. No medical complaint, isolated minor extremity injury Children...

1302. How ventilation rate and volume affect end-tidal C02. : Hypoventilation results in high arterial carbon dioxide (CO2). In general, this results in an end-tidal CO2 > 45mmHg on capnography, but end-tidal CO2 may not reflect arterial CO2 when lung disease and/or increased dead space are present. 1302. The indications for high flow oxygen. : Initiate immediate high-flow O2 (15 L/min) for the following conditions: a. Respiratory Arrest b. Cardiac Arrest c. Shock/Poor Perfusion d. A...

1202 : General Medical 1203 : Diabetic Emergencies 1204 : Fever/Sepsis 1205 : GI/GU Emergencies 1206 : Medical Device Malfunction 2 | P a g e 1207 : Shock/Hypotension 1208 : Agitated Delirium 1209 : Behavioral/Psychiatric Crisis 1210 : Cardiac Arrest 1211 : Cardiac Chest Pain 1212 : Cardiac Dysrhythmia - Bradycardia 1213 : Cardiac Dysrhythmia - Tachy

Base Contact Requirements : 1200.2 Provider Impresions : 1200.3 BLS upgrade to ALS : 1200.4 Assessment : 1201 General Medical : 1202/1202-P Diabetic Emergencies 2 | P a g e : 1203/1203-P Fever/Sepsis : 1204/1204-P GI/GU Emerge