Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee of New York City
Prehospital Basic Life Support Protocols
Copyright January 1996 (8/96)



TABLE OF CONTENTS


Acknowledgments

General Operating Procedures

Cardiopulmonary Emergencies

Medical Emergencies

Traumatic Emergencies

Behavioral and Environmental Emergencies

Obstetric and Newborn Emergencies

Pediatric Emergencies

Appendicies




General Operating Procedures


400.......General Operating Procedures



400-A........Standard Approach to the Patient


400-B........Coordination of Prehospital Resources





Cardiopulmonary Emergencies


401.......Respiratory Distress/Failure

402.......Obstructed Airway

403.......Non-Traumatic Cardiac Arrest

404.......Chest Pain




Medical Emergencies


410........Anaphylactic Reaction

411........Altered Mental Status

412........Stroke (Cerebrovascular Accident)

413........Seizures

414........Poisoning or Drug Overdose

415........Shock

416........Abdominal Pain



Traumatic Emergencies


420........Traumatic Cardiac Arrest

421........Head and Spine Injuries

422........Neck Injuries

423........Chest Injuries

424........Abdominal Injuries
425........Bone and Joint Injuries

426........Soft Tissue Injuries
427........Eye Injuries
428........Burns


Behavioral and Environmental Emergencies

430........Emotionally Disturbed Patient

431........Heat Related Emergencies

432........Cold Related Emergencies
433........Drowning or Near Drowning

434........Decompression Sickness



Obstetric and Newborn Emergencies


440........Obstertric Emergencies

441........Emergency Childbirth
442........Care of the Newborn

443........Newborn Resuscitation





Pediatric Emergencies


450........Pediatric Respiratory Distress/Failure

451........Pediatric Obstructed Airway

452........Pediatric Croup/Epiglottitis

453........Pediatric Non Traumatic Cardiac Arrest and Severe Bradycardia

458........Pediatric Shock



APPENDICES



A..........Telephone Directory and Referrals

B..........Expanded Initial Assessment (Primary Survey): Adult and Pediatric

C..........Do Not Resucitate Order

D..........Semi-Automatic Defibrillation

E..........Glasgow Coma Scores/Trauma Scores

F..........Trauma Patient Criteria

G..........Burn Patient Criteria

H..........Specialty Referral Centers

I...........Receiving Hospitals

J..........Pediatric Values

K..........Apgar Scoring System

L..........Triage/S.T.A.R.T.

M..........Agency Addresses

N..........Landmarks and Procedures for Needle Cricothyroidotomy (ALS only)

O..........Landmarks and Procedures for Decompression of a Tension Pneumothorax (ALS Only)