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Transport of Patients with Highly Hazardous Communicable Diseases
Questions and Answers 1 Your crew arrives on scene to a call dispatched as a “sick person.” They find a 35-year-old male who recently returned from Saudi Arabia and is complaining of feeling unwell and has a cough. What measures…
Telemedicine and Emerging Telecommunications
Questions and Answers Case: You arrive on scene to a 55-year-old male with chest pain. While on scene, you take vitals, obtain a history, and perform a 12-lead electrocardiogram (EKG). The patient asks you how his EKG looks and after…
Procedures in the Trauma Patient
Questions and Answers 1 What is one of the most important things to remember before performing any prehospital procedures? The most important thing to remember in any patient encounter is your safety and health. The patients that you encounter in…
EMS Point-of-Care Testing
Questions and Answers 1 What is “point-of-care” testing? Point-of-care testing (POCT) is medical diagnostic testing done in a setting remote from a centralized laboratory facility. These tests are generally simple and can be performed at the bedside. This is in…
Perimortem Caesarian Section
Questions and Answers 1 What is a perimortem caesarian section (PMCS)? PMCS is the delivery of a baby by means of a surgical incision into the uterus, in the event the mother is in cardiac arrest. The steps to perform…
Intravascular/Interosseous Access and Fluid Resuscitation
Questions and Answers Case: You arrive on scene to find an 80-year-old woman who appears to be in obvious distress. Family reports that she has had a fever for several days as well as a productive cough and shortness of…
Hemorrhage Control
Questions and Answers Case: You are dispatched to a call for “hemorrhage”; you arrive to find a woman who is pale and diaphoretic and looks to be in distress with a large pulsatile bleed from a left arm fistula site.…
Field Amputation
Questions and Answers 1 Who can perform a field amputation? Field amputation is a rare procedure; therefore, preplanning is necessary. EMS providers in some areas may be faced with the prospect of having to perform a field amputation. It would…
CPR, AED, and Mechanical Compression
Questions and Answers CPR and Manual Compressions 1 What is meant by cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)? CPR is a lifesaving intervention performed when an individual’s heart stops beating in order to maintain blood flow and promote oxygen delivery to one’s vital…