Patient Care
What must constantly be maintained in an unconscious patient?
What is an airway?
What are the four priority symptoms?
What are abnormal breathing, chest pain, decreased level of consciousness, and serious bleeding?
What protocol should snake bites be handled under?
What is protocol 2?
Which rule states that a sudden unexplained collapse resulting in unconsciousness, even when reported as a ground level fall, should be considered a medical cardiac arrest until proven otherwise?
What is rule #1?
When receiving a call from someone who is not directly with the patient, but can still see them, what is the correct party to choose?
What is 2nd party (Yes)?
A choking patient that's unable to talk, breath, or cough is considered to have what?
What is Complete Obstruction?
A time between how many seconds or more is considered ineffective breathing?
What is 8 seconds or more?
Abdominal cramping in a pregnant female should be handled under this protocol.
What is protocol 24?
Which rule states for a complaint description of postpartum hemorrhage only, go to protocol 21?
What is rule #15?
What is the year the patient was born?
How many baby aspirins are chest pain patients to take?
What is four?
True heart palpitations are uncommon in females less than this age.
What is 45?
A person having a toothache should be handled under this protocol.
What is protocol 26?
Which rule states that if the complaint description involves hazardous materials that pose a threat to bystanders or responders, go to protocol 8?
What is rule #12?
True or false: It is ok to ask, "Is he unconscious?" instead of "Is he awake?" first.
What is false?
Is the agonal breathing diagnostic necessary if the patient is unconscious?
What is no?
This trimester takes place between the 4th and 5th months.
What is the second trimester?
A person trapped inside of an elevator having difficulty breathing should be handled under this protocol.
What is protocol 6?
Which rule states since severed thermal burns to the eye almost always affect the face or head, go to protocol 7 for these incidents?
What is rule #11?
True or false: When a 2nd caller is unsure if the patient is breathing and can safely check, it is ok to select "Unknown" and move on.
What is false?
A person under water in a man-made structure is considered what kind of rescue?
What is domestic?
A person complaining of it being too cold outside, should be handled under this protocol.
What is protocol 20?
Which rule states if the chief complaint and status of consciousness and/or breathing are unknown initially, go to protocol 32?
What is rule #29?
What two helpful thing can be accessed during case entry?
What is Additional Information and Chief Complaint Selection Rules?