SOPs
Eye opening response, verbal response, motor response
What is GCS?
Gloves, masks, eye protection, gowns
What are examples of standard precautions (PPE)?
Treatment method: Blood sugar <60, conscious
What is oral glucose?
Triage methods (adult and pediatric)
What are START and jumpSTART triage?
What is 8 minutes?
1. Patients with an intact gag reflex
2. Patients with known esophageal disease
3. Patients who have ingested caustic substances
4. Patients with known or suspected foreign body obstruction of the larynx or trachea
What is contraindications for iGel placement?
- Trauma patients (meets trauma guidelines for Level I or II) more than 30 minutes of ground travel from those facilities
- Acute STEMI
- Stroke
What are some reasons we may call for HEMS?
Assessment for stroke and how often.
What is Cincinnati pre-hospital stroke scale every 15 minutes?
>220 systolic or >130 diastolic in non-pregnant patients
What is a hypertensive crisis?
Velcro tags on underside of helmet (or on metal card), white in color, with name written on it
What is accountability tags?
Rule used to estimate burns.
What is Rule of 9s?
1. Mercy Medical Center, Sioux City
2. Avera Mckennan Heart Hospital, Sioux Falls
3. Sanford USD Medical Center, Sioux Falls
1. Compressions
2. Defibrillate
3. Airway
4. IV establishment
5. Drugs
What is order of priority for cardiac arrest?
- Penetrating injury to chest, abdomen, head, and neck
- Limb paralysis
- Amputation proximal to wrist or ankle and need for tourniquet use
- 2 or more long bone fractures
What are anatomic absolutes for trauma alerts?
This may be presented to a unit or employee of the department who participated in an action that contributed to the overall professionalism of the department.
What is a Unit Citation?
APGAR acronym
What is Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, and Respirations?
- Do not disturb physical evidence
- Do not drive over shell casings
- Leave all clothing and possessions of patient with law enforcement when possible
- Walk the same way in and out
- Do not walk through blood (fluids) on the ground
What is crime scene management?
- One attempt to realign angulated Fx
- Position of comfort
- Coaching of patient (distraction, breathing techniques)
- Padding voids
- Splinting
- ICE method
What is pain management for EMTs?
What are drugs that EMTs can help to administer?
Name one staging position for an emergency at Harold Davidson Field Airport? (i.e. a plane crash)
What is Cotton Park OR entrance to the airport?
1000mL NSS, IV tubing
What is equipment needed for eye irrigation?
Question rationale of on-call provider this many times if you feel med control orders are inappropriate and/or dangerous to the patient.
What is 3 times?
Body Temperature of 82F
What is severe hypothermia?
10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 years of active service
What are years that service pins are awarded?