Chief Complaint Selection Rules

Question 1

If they have an unexplained collapse and are unconscious what should it be considered as until proven otherwise

Answer 1

A medical cardiac arrest

Question 2

If cardiac arrest appears to be traumatic in nature what should you do

Answer 2

Choose the chief complaint protocol that best fits scene safety concerns and the mechanism of injury

Question 3

If the complaint description includes scene safety issues what should you do

Answer 3

Choose the chief complaint protocol that best addresses those issues

Question 4

If the complaint description suggests trauma what should you do

Answer 4

Choose the chief complaint protocol that best addresses the mechanism of injury

Question 5

If the complaint description appears to be medical in nature what should you do

Answer 5

Choose the chief complaint protocol that best fits the patients foremost symptom with consideration given to priority symptoms

Question 6

When the complaint description is breathing related tracheostomy problems in the conscious patient, what protocol should you go to

Answer 6

Protocol 6

Question 7

What is protocol 6

Answer 7

Breathing problems

Question 8

When the chief complaint description suggests generalised fit regardless of consciousness and breathing status, what protocol should you go to

Answer 8

Protocol 12

Question 9

What is protocol 12

Answer 9

Convulsions/fitting

Question 10

If it is atypical of generalised fit and is more typical of sudden cardiac arrest, what protocol should you go to

Answer 10

Protocol 9

Question 11

What is protocol 9

Answer 11

Cardiac or respiratory arrest/death