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I did a brief search here but was unable to come up with any actual documents. Does anyone have their services Protocol Test if they administer one to new medics. Looking to broaden and expand our current model so i don't necessarily need an answer key. If you are willing to share it would be great!
 
Our service doesn't issue a protocol test for our paramedics, that's done through our county EMS department.

Good luck on your search.
 
...and wouldn't every county have a different protocol test?

I mean, I've taken a few and they've all been wildly different, usually laced with the oddball things that the county specifies.
 
We had 3 separate protocol tests at my previous service. The first was a general protocol test. It was scenario based with with straight knowledge mixed in, I.E. what is your first and second dose of labetalol and how long you wait between doses. The second was similar format but geared towards RSI. Third was based on ventilator management. The tests were also a mixture of multiple choice and fill in the blank answers.

If I were to head the onboarding portion of education; tests would primarily fill in the blank answers. This makes the test more difficult; however, i believe it is a better gauge of where new providers are at.
 
We don't do a protocol test per say. We have our prehire exam that includes questions related to some of the specific protocols we have (RSI, infusion pumps, vents, surgical crich, etc), but there are no dose specific questions.
 
I created one for the last round of new hires.. There's not really any point in sharing the actual exam, because it's specific to our protocol. I will tell you that it didn't take long to create, I simply went through each section and found questions that highlighted either important treatment pathways or things that were somewhat unique to our protocol.
 
FiremanMike said:
I created one for the last round of new hires.. There's not really any point in sharing the actual exam, because it's specific to our protocol. I will tell you that it didn't take long to create, I simply went through each section and found questions that highlighted either important treatment pathways or things that were somewhat unique to our protocol.
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OP, the main point is "important" items... I have taken tests where the questions come from the fine print and do not have any practical consequence.

Dose-specific treatments and criteria for destination decisions/specialty inclusion should be 80% of the test, IMO; these areas are where the "rubber meets the road" for being a safe medic. the other 20% should be operations policy.



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Our medical director at my old area used to do an annual protocol test: with new and old protocols on it.

Even when I was a basic I would always do both: I worked with a medic that always confirmed what he was giving the patient by asking/telling me what he was doing. Got so that I knew the ALS as well as the BLS Protocols.
 
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