General Orders 108.12 Ground And Air Ambulance Transportation

Question 1

Medic units are not automatically dispatched on all ALS incidents unless they are the closest unit and should add themselves to all incidents in the city of Glendale with in ____ miles of their location.

Answer 1

5

Question 2

Hospital Landing zones are acceptable to use to transfer care from an EMS groundcrew to a flight crew. Is the hospital required to evaluate the patient?

Answer 2

No. This is supported in the emergency medical treatment and active labor act

Question 3

If a captain elects to have both Southwest ambulance members placed in the cab area during a code 3 transport the attending Glendale fire department paramedic will be required to ________________________.

Answer 3

assist the Southwest ambulance crew with patient documentation in order to comply with Arizona Department of Health Services rules

Question 4

Transporting patients via a medic unit should occur only under extreme urgency circumstances and at the discretion of _____________ or ________________

Answer 4

the medic unit personnel or the incident commander