Ambulance Calls Flashcards
Officers may perform necessary ____ ______, consistent with the officers’ training and experience until relieved by medical personnel.
First Aid
True/False: An officer can pronounce someone dead.
False
Officers should treat all ______ and _______ ______ as potential hazards.
Blood / Bodily Fluids
In situations which tend to attract unruly crowds, it may become unsafe for the paramedics to continue treatment at the scene. In these situations, a police ______ or _______ may request the paramedics evacuate the area with the patient.
Supervisor or Commander
Members will _________ transportation to a medical facility when requested.
Procure
When a person is in custody at a Department detention facility, an _______ _______ will advise when to procure transportation to a medical facility.
On-duty Nurse
If the person is unconscious or otherwise judged to be in critical condition, the ________ will determine which hospital the person will be taken to whether or not that person is under arrest.
Paramedic
True/False: If a person is not under arrest and refuses to be taken to a medical facility, the officer can force the person to be transported for a medical (not psychological) condition.
False
Officers requesting an ambulance will advise the dispatcher what two (2) things?
The nature of the injury/illness and the number of victims
Issuing a citation and/or summons requires that the violator be ________ of the citation and his/her obligation to answer to the Municipal Court.
Aware
An officer will not issue a citation/summons to a violator who is ___________, has been ___________ to a location outside the State of Missouri, or is so seriously _________ that issuing a citation/summons would impeded medical attention.
Unconscious / Removed / Injured
An officer may issue a citation or summons to a conscious/coherent violator who has been removed to a hospital providing the violator is charged with a violation ______ requiring bond.
Not
Officers will accompany or escort all _______ arrests to the hospital
State
If a state arrest is to be treated and release, the arresting officer will _______ _______ of the arrest and, upon release will follow the procedures established for booking of State Statute/Warrant arrests.
Maintain Security
If a state arrest is to be admitted to the hospital, the arresting officer will provide _____ for any state statute arrest taken to a hospital, from the time of arrest until a decision is made to admit the prisoner to the hospital.
Security
