Standing Orders
The Medical Director for the Valdez Fire Department.
Who is Dr. Jennifer Dow and Dr. David Cadogan?
CPAP is an acronym for this treatment.
What is Continuous Positive Airway Pressure?
This device is used to provide manual compressions during the administration of CPR.
What is the Lucas CPR Device?
Reach, Throw, Row, Go is used to access patients suffering from this emergency.
What is cold water drowning?
Parental consent is needed for patients under this age.
What is the age of 18?
These two pieces of personal protective equipment are the minimum required when responding to EMS calls.
What are gloves and safety glasses?
This is an increase in respiratory rate greater than normal and usually represents the body's attempt to compensate for some disorder.
What is Hyperventilation?
ACS stands for this cardiac related condition.
What is Acute Coronary Syndrome?
Heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke are three levels of this condition.
what is hyperthermia?
A neonate refers to a child under this age.
When responding to an incident in a POV, members shat not exceed this speed.
What is the posted speed limit?
A condition where a blood clot travels from another part of the body and blocks one or more arteries in the lungs.
What is Pulmonary Embolism (PE)?
A patient with a heart rate less than 50 beats per minutes is considered to have this condition.
What is Bradycardia?
To treat this injury, rewarm in warm water bath (99-102f) for 20-45 minutes or until flushing occurs.
What is Frostbite?
This device is used to provide medical instructions including medication dosages and the size of equipment that should be used for a pediatric patient.
What is the Broselow tape?
Volunteer members may request to be placed on inactive status for up to this amount of time.
What is a three month period?
The normal range for ETCO2 readings.
What is between 35 and 45?
A patient with a blood pressure above this level is considered hypertensive
What is 160/90?
Ice in the airway is a contraindication for this intervention in a patient recovered from an avalanche.
What is CPR?
Decreased mental status, weak central pulse, poor color, and hypotension are signs of this type of shock in a pediatric patient.
What is Decompensated Shock?
POV lights should be left in this configuration when parked at a roadway incident.
What are headlights off and flasher's on?
This tool can be used to remove a visualized foreign body in a patients airway.
What are McGill Forceps?
In the administration of CPR, this condition signifies the patient's heart has resumed effective, self-sustained pumping activity.
What is Return of Spontaneous Circulation (ROSC)
This type of reaction to an insect sting or bites typically occurs abruptly, and rarely more than 60 minutes after exposure.
What is an Anaphylactic reaction?
In a traumatic incident with a pregnant patient, you should consider having two patients when the gestational age is greater than this.
What is gestational age great than 20 weeks?