Protocols Flashcards
What do green boxes represent in the protocols?
BLS
What do yellow boxes represent in the protocols?
ALS
What do purple boxes represent in the protocols?
Critical care
What do red boxes represent in the protocols?
Airstar
What do rounded off grey boxes represent in the protocols?
Initial care
What do yellow diamond boxes represent in the protocols?
Questions that will determine the treatment pathway
What do rounded off black boxes represent in the protocols?
Statements, usually a condition
What do rounded off grey boxes and all caps represent in the protocols?
What to do, such as what action or procedure to perform
What do neon green boxes represent in the protocols?
Considerations, these may be outside of the flow chart and need to be performed if indicated
What do blue boxes represent in the protocols?
Guidelines and procedures, used to navigate the protocols to go to and from the original guidelines
What do the first digits 1 2 and three represent with the unit call sign?
One is Wesley Chapel, two is Sebring, and three is Ocala
What do the second digits one, two and three represent with the unit call sign?
One is CCT, two is ALS, and three is BLS
What do the last two digits represent what the unit call sign?
01 means the first ambulance, 02 means the second ambulance, and 03 means the third ambulance
How long do you have to respond to a pre hospital emergency call for service?
Less than 90 seconds
How long do you have to respond for an interfacility emergency call for service?
Less than two minutes
How long do you have to respond for a pre hospital or in a facility call for service, non-emergency
Less than three minutes
How long do you have to return to service once you arrive to the medical facility
Less than 30 minutes
What makes something a level two critical care call instead of a level 1
Four or more total critical care specialty equipment interventions procedures or medications
Are crew members allowed to downgrade calls
no
Meeting two or more of the following criteria makes a patient a trauma alert
Respiratory rate of 30 or more, a sustained heart rate of 120 or more, best motor response equals 5, soft tissue loss or gunshot wound, sign or symptoms of a single long bone fracture from a motor vehicle collision or a fall of 10 feet or higher, age of 55 years or older, ejection from a vehicle, or a deformed steering wheel
Meeting one or more of the following criteria makes a patient a trauma alert
Active airway assistance, lack of radial pulse with sustained heart rate greater than 120, blood pressure of less than 90, GCS of 12 or less, best motor response of four or less, presence of paralysis, suspicion of spinal cord injury, loss of sensation, second or third degree burns greater than or equal to 15% of total body surface area, amputation proximal to the wrist or ankle, any penetrating injury to the head neck or torso, signs or symptoms of a fracture of two or more long bone sites
How long should mass casualty incident triage take for each patient
30 seconds or less
What does red triage mean in an MCI
Immediate, patient at risk for early death and needs priority treatment
What does yellow triage mean in an MCI
Delayed, patient not expected to deteriorate significantly over hours
