"How long is this ambulance gonna take!?"
"She's been on the floor 3 hours now!"
"I'm not clinically trained!"
"HELP my CAD has crashed!"
"Isn't there a flowchart for that?"
100

What category of call will be achieved when processing a stroke through the HQ module?

CAT 3

100

Name 3 approved HCPS

General Practitioners (GP’s) 

Paramedics 

Community Matrons 

Community and District Nursing teams

Community Midwifery Teams 

Dentists

Approved Mental Health Practitioners 

(Mental Health Admissions only)

Physiotherapists

Pharmacists 

Doctors 

Nurses (Not within a Nursing Home)

100

What is a Rigor?

Violent shaking of the body that occurs with a very high temperature. It is the body’s attempt to further raise body temperature in order to kill off harmful organisms.

100

Name 3 Jump codes

DD - Defib details

LC - Last call 

CS - Call search 

BYE - Log off

100

Give 2 types of call that you would process through Attend incident

Police / Fire / Search and Rescue / Mountain Rescue / Lifeboats / Highways Agency/ 111

200

If an option has been selected from the NOC during DOD, this will generate a CAT 1 disposition, True or False?

False

200

Name 3 TYPES OF DEFIBRILLATOR

AED - Automated External Defib

ALS - Advanced Life support

ICD - Implantable Cardioverter Defib

WCD - Wearable Cardioverter Defib

200

What is Clinical shock?

A life threatening condition caused by a failure of the cardio-vascular system, resulting in insufficient oxygen being supplied to the body

200

What does PCG stand for?

Pass call gateway

200

What extra information would you obtain at the end of a call from Fire control?

Job ref number and are they attending?


300

What time frame has been locally agreed for a Section 2?

1 Hour

300

Name 3 symptoms of possible meningitis in a baby

Refusing feeds,

Irritable,

High-pitched cry,

Stiff or floppy body or unresponsive.

A bulging soft spot on the top of their head

 

300

DOUBLE POINTS !

What is the generic code for the majority of EMAS CPADS?

C159X

300

What does SOE stand for?

Sequence of events

300

You have received an abandoned call from BT. You have not spoken to the caller but you do have their callback number. How many attempts would you make to call back?

One

400

A disposition obtained in Module 0 will not always be a category 1 response, true or false?

True

400

Name 3 options from the NOC list

Anaphylaxis, Arrest/Peri arrest, Asthma, Choking, Drowning, Fitting now, Hanging, HCP/IFT C1, Obstetric emergency, Under 5 severe haemorrhage, Under 16 Unconscious, Unconscious pregnant > 20 weeks 

400

What does AAA stand for?

Abdominal aortic aneurysm

400

How would an automatic warning present in CAD?

The Warn tab will be orange

400

What three elements make up dispatch on disposition?

Pre-sieve questions

Keyword lookup 

NOC

500

Within how many metres will CAD identify if there is a defib nearby?

500m

500

Name 3 symptoms of Sepsis

Bruising or bleeding type rash under the skin

High temperature

Confusion

Blue, grey, pale or blotchy skin, lips or tongue

Difficulty breathing, breathlessness or breathing very fast

500

What does CVA stand for?

Cerebral Vascular Accident

500

Name the 3 sections within the CAD job stack

Incoming, waiting, active

500

Give one example when you would use the STOP call button

Abandoned call - no answer or no amb required

Duplicate call - No change in condition

Caller able to MOW - Ambulance cancelled by caller