Combative Patients & SFS/Law Enforcement Transport Flashcards
What kind of care do patients receive and who do you consult?
General patient care protocol and OLMD
What type of interventions do we do for all patients IAW certificatinlevel and applicable protocol?
Life-saving interventions
Who do you contact for suspected abuse or known assault?
SFS and wait for the arriva; of EMS/F&ES personnel
Who do you contact for suspected abuse or known assault?
SFS and wait for the arrival; of EMS/F&ES personnel.
What are the steps for combative patients?
SFS/LE should assist in physical patient restrain, five people take each extremity and of for the patient’s head.
When should soft restraints not be utilized?
There is a significant risk to the patient/crew, or the patient has previously been placed under arrest (hand-cuffs/zip-cuffs applied)
How should patients be handcufed?
With their hands in front of them or to the side rails of the ambulance stretcher
When should you removed probes from a patient?
Localized to the face; tissues above the level of the clavicles; the breast, groin, or hand, and if there is suspicion probe may be embedded in a blood vessel, joint, or bone
What is the first step to remove a probe?
Ensure proper PPE and verify that the probe wires are disconnected from the weapon
What is the second step to remove a probe?
stabilize the skin around the probes with non-dominant hand
What is the third step to remove a probe?
Grasp the probe by the metal body with dominant hand
what is the fourth step to remove a probe?
Remove the probe in a single quick motion.
what is the fifth step to remove a probe?
Ensure taser probe is intact, and distal parts of the probe are not missing
What is the sixth step to remove a probe?
Clean the wound with anti-bacterial agent and aply dressing/band-aid
What is the seventh step to remove a probe?
probes are considered “sharps hazard” and should be disposed of if not collected for evidence purposes.
