Scene Safety- High Risk Medical

Question 1

Examples include ___________ but may include _____.

Answer 1

Shootings, stabbings, cuttings, assaults

Psychiatric patients and toxic ingestions

Question 2

_____________ when responding is determining whether or not it is safe to approach the patient.

Answer 2

Of Primary Importance

Question 3

Information gathering (4 parts)

Answer 3

Call takers gather info
Call back numbers solicited
Communications verbally or electronically forwarded info
Communications will provide updates as available

Question 4

Who is empowered to make decisions on whether safe to approach or not?

Answer 4

Paramedics, company officers and squad personnel

Question 5

On scene responders will use their ________.

Answer 5

Best judgement

Question 6

Who deems risk low enough for emergency personnel to approach?

Answer 6

Responder

Question 7

Based on info received responders deem risk of approaching the scene too great, they shall ___________.

Answer 7

Stage a safe distance and notify dispatch they are staging and waiting for “scene clear” from SAPD

Question 8

9 incidents SAPD responds to “code”

- most medical we respond to DO NOT fall into this category

Answer 8

PO/FF in trouble
Burglary in progress
Robbery in progress
Robbery of individual in progress
Rape in progress
Hold up alarm in progress
Shooting in progress
Cutting in progress
Assault in progress

Question 9

We will take ________, in a calculated manner, to save lives.
We will take ______, in a calculated manner, to provide _______________.
We will not risk ___________, for lives that are _______, in situations where _____________, and in ALL situations where the medical emergency is NOT time-sensitive.

Answer 9

Prudent risks.
Less risk, time-sensitive medical treatment.

Our live AT ALL, not savable, the risk is too great for responders.

Question 10

If staged, very important:

Answer 10

Notify dispatch
Dispatcher makes SAPD aware
All responders (fire, EMS) be made aware of decision
Routine follow-up communication

Question 10

Means we do everything possible to make decisions based on the best information available AND we do everything possible to protect ourselves as we provide the medical care needed.

Answer 10

“Calculated manner”