Immunization Skills Training for Emergency Medical Technicians Module 2

True or False: It is okay to keep food, drinks, and lab specimens in the same refrigerator as vaccines.

What is the proper temperature for storing refrigerated vaccines?

How often do refrigerator and freezer temperatures need to be checked and documented?

Which one of these is NOT a supply that you need to administer vaccines?

If you are working at a COVID-19 vaccine administration clinic and you have a question about clinical procedure, who should you ask?

What is the correct needle gauge to administer vaccines?

If a vaccine vial has an expiration date labeled as “JAN21”, what is the last date you can safely administer that vaccine?

True or False: It is okay to use any diluent from any vaccine to reconstitute COVID-19 vaccine.

True or False: If a patient is scared of looking at a needle, it is okay to administer the vaccine they are receiving into the gluteus maximus muscle instead.

You should change your gloves:

True or False: You don’t need to clean your hands between patients as long as you change your gloves every time.

To properly administer an intramuscular (IM) injection, the needle should be at what angle?

What should you do if you notice something looks unusual about the vaccine you are about to administer? For example, if the syringe body is cracked or the vaccine liquid has particulate matter floating in it?

True or False: Even though two of the COVID-19 vaccines use the same technology (mRNA), they have very different storage and handling requirements.

The two COVID-19 vaccines we expect to receive first are each administered as a series of doses. How many doses are in the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine series?

If a patient receives their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine with the Pfizer brand vaccine, is it okay to give them a dose of the Moderna brand vaccine if they come for their second dose and you don’t have the Pfizer vaccine in stock?

Vaccines that require a series of doses to provide long term protection have what is known as a minimum interval. If a patient waits LONGER than the listed minimum interval, is it okay to give them their second dose or do they have to start the whole series over?

True or False: Once I complete this training (Module 2 for EMTs), I am allowed to administer COVID-19 vaccines to clients in San Francisco.

True or False: If you have an EMT license in another county, you will also be eligible to administer vaccines in that county too without additional training.

True or False: EMTs are not permitted to reconstitute vaccines, even after completing Modules 1, 2, and 3 of the SF EMSA Vaccine Administration Training.