Protocol?
If the caller reports they have a stomachache and no other symptoms which protocol, would you use?
Abdominal Pain
If your caller reports his friend Joe held on to a firework for too long, it went off in his hand which protocol would you use?
Burns
A patient reporting __________ symptoms should not be given aspirin-containing medication.
Stroke
What protocol should be used for - 16 yr old who crashed while snowboarding at Bittersweet?
Traumatic Injury
What color are the questions that are meant for just the dispatcher?
Blue
If the caller reports the patient has a sudden vision change and can no longer feel their right side, which protocol would you use?
Stroke
What protocol is best to handle the following complaint? I am having heart problems; my heart is pounding so fast like it is out of control.
Heart Problems
If the caller reports the chest pain patient takes aspirin daily, what should the dispatcher do in regard to the aspirin administration instructions?
Administer the Aspirin
What protocol should be used - 62 yr old who slipped and fell in the parking lot at Meijer on some ice?
Fall
When do we use the Agonal Breathing Detector?
When we the dispatcher are unsure if the patient is breathing and need to verify, not when the caller is unsure as this can be considered not breathing
The caller reports there two-year-old has a thorn stuck in their thumb after picking up an ornamental cactus, which protocol would you use?
Hemorrhage
If your caller reports that Joe held on to an electric fence as a dare and now he won’t wake up which protocol, would you use?
Electrocution
What should the dispatcher do if the caller is only able to find expired aspirin?
Continue with aspirin administration
What Protocol should be used - 6 yr old who was outside playing in the snow when he started to have a seizure?
Seizure
The statement “It’s okay, we can do this together” is an example of what kind of statement?
Reassuring
Which protocol would be best to handle the following situation? “We were playing with a Taser and I accidentally zapped my friend Joe with it.
Assault
For a complaint of our friend Jill has fallen into a very deep well 15 feet or deeper which protocol would you use?
Inaccessible Incident
What age must the patient be over to take aspirin?
16
What Protocol should be used - 70 yr old who is not alert, and his hands and feet are cold with blanched skin after being outside in the snow for a few hours chopping wood for the stove?
Hot/Cold Emergencies
For a patient having a seizure what protocol do you use despite awake and breathing status?
Seizure/Convulsion
What protocol would you use to process a patient who states they have a history of Aortic Aneurysm and are having sudden sharp back pain?
Back Pain
What protocol should you use when a caller's initial request is to help them administer Narcan?
Overdose
How should Aspirin administration be handled in the not-alert chest pain patient?
Aspirin should not be administered
True or False—A patient who is found lying in the snow not breathing can be considered an Obvious Death
False
Following up to the tell me exactly what happened question with “Has this ever happened before” is what kind of question?
Freelance