Transport Guidelines for Divers and Psychiatric Patients
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When should psychiatric patients be transported to the closest appropriate emergency department?

  • When there is a helipad available
  • When the patient refuses to go
  • When stable
  • When unstable (correct)

    • What is a valid reason for a helicopter not to be used for transport according to the guidelines?

  • If the patient is a trauma patient
  • If the patient requests not to be transported by helicopter
  • If the patient is under 200 lbs
  • If the patient is a bariatric patient over 350 lbs (correct)

    • Under what circumstances can a helicopter be used according to the guidelines?

  • If the pilot determines it is safe
  • To transport any patient upon request by the EMS provider (correct)
  • Only if it is a mass casualty incident
  • If ground response time to the scene is less than 10 minutes

    • What is a scenario where pre-hospital ground transport to a Trauma Center is necessary?

    <p>When the scene extrication time exceeds 15 minutes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What indicates that a trauma patient meets the transport criteria for an air ambulance according to Broward County Trauma Report protocols?

    <p>$5(7+3)$ Trauma scorecard methodology and criteria are met</p> Signup and view all the answers

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