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Where should stable patients with no life-threatening conditions be transported?
Where should stable patients with no life-threatening conditions be transported?
- Closest approved STEMI facility
- Closest appropriate emergency department (correct)
- Comprehensive pediatric emergency department
- Free Standing ED
What is the protocol for transporting pediatric patients who have regained a ROSC?
What is the protocol for transporting pediatric patients who have regained a ROSC?
- Closest appropriate emergency department
- Free Standing ED
- Closest Trauma Center
- Comprehensive pediatric emergency department (correct)
Which patients are excluded from being transported to a Free Standing ED upon request?
Which patients are excluded from being transported to a Free Standing ED upon request?
- Stable patients with no life-threatening conditions
- All adult and pediatric trauma alert patients (correct)
- Pulseless pediatric patients
- Patients in cardiac or respiratory arrest
What is the transport protocol for adult and pediatric trauma alert patients meeting trauma alert criteria?
What is the transport protocol for adult and pediatric trauma alert patients meeting trauma alert criteria?
If a patient is an ALS patient, what is the limitation regarding being transported to a Free Standing ED?
If a patient is an ALS patient, what is the limitation regarding being transported to a Free Standing ED?