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100

The groin or armpit.

What is a dangerous body area?



Card 3 Animal Bites


100

The most common cause of poor audio quality on field radios.

What is the microphone?

100

GSW to the head, brain matter visible and outside of the body and no respiratory effort or signs of life.

What is the definition of an explosive gunshot wound?

100

The town that has wide enough streets for a wagon to turn around on.

What is Raymond?

100

The condition that occurs when the diaphragm goes into spasms.

What are hiccups?

200

Abdominal or thoracic evisceration is handled on this card type.  

What is Card 27?

200

The type of patient an EMS crew transports to a specific hospital.

What is a destination patient?

200

The colour of transfer for a discharge home from a rural emergency department.

What is a green transfer?

200

Town with the Gopher Hole Museum.

What is Torrington AB?

200

The most prevalent non-contagious disease.

What is tooth decay?

300

These patients are assumed to be in cardiac arrest until effective breathing is verified.

What is electrocution and lightening strikes (Card 11)?

300

Location of the fifth ambulance in Calgary?

What is the Core?

300

The approved Stroke treatment time window.

What is 6 hours?

300

Town with the UFO Landing Pad.

What is St. Paul?

300

The actual name for a BP cuff?

What is a sphygmomanometer?

400

The card type on which a suicidal jumper is handled.

What is card 17?

Before they jump it's handled on Card 25.

100 bonus points if you asked if they are threatening to jump or have already jumped.

400

Program where children up to age 18 may be confined to a Protective Safe House.

What is the PCHAD program? (Protection of Children Abusing Drugs)

400

Person calling for emergency medical help who is removed from or not in close proximity to the patient or victim. 

What is a third party caller?

400

The location of the underwater ghost town.

What is Lake Minnewanka?

400

The smallest bone in the human body?

What is the stapes?


One of three tiny bones in the middle ear that transmits sound to to the inner ear, it's only about 1/8-inch long in adults.

500

The card where you process a call for a patient who is lethargic or confused. (after case entry)


100 Bonus points for complete card type and descriptors

What is a 26-C-1?

If mentioned on case entry call is processed on card 31.



500

The units used to support EMS field staff returning to work?

What is the re-integration unit?

500

Minimum level of ambulance care for a patient under 18 years of age when parents are not present.

What is BLS?

500

Population requirement to be considered a rural community per SSM.

What is less than twenty thousand people?

500

More than 10 fingers and toes.

What is polydactyly?

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