SNHD EMT PROTOCOLS UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE RESOURCE
●● A patient on a legal psychiatric hold may be placed in the ER waiting
room
Answer: False
●● What is the goal of the protocol manual?
Answer: standardize prehospital care in Clark County
●● Describe a partial thickness (2nd degree burn)
Answer: blistering
●● Oxygen therapy should be established to keep SpO2 above what
level?
Answer: 94%
●● When should defibrillation be attempted during a witnessed cardiac
arrest?
Answer: Immediately
,●● What must exist for an emergency care physician to direct a
prehospital provider in rendering care that is not explicitly listed within
the protocols?
Answer: The provider must feel capable,based on the instructions given
by the telemetry physician, of correctly performing the directed care.
Both the telemetry physician and the provider must acknowledge and
agree that the patient's condition and extraordinary care are not
addressed elsewhere within these medical protocols
The telemetry physician and the provider must immediately notify the
Office of EMS & Trauma System (OEMSTS) of the extraordinary care
situation.
●● What is recommended if hypoxia is the cause of the cardiac arrest?
Answer: Early ventilation
●● When transporting a patient to a remote outpatient emergency
department, telemetry contact does not have to be made.
Answer: False
●● What is the ideal scene time for a a patient having a stroke?
Answer: Less than 10 minutes
●● Localized cold injuries should be rubbed to warm the skin
Answer: False
,●● For a patient to be transported to an approved alcohol and drug abuse
facility, the pulse rate must be between what range?
Answer: 60-120
●● Which of the following should be performed for a patient with
hyperthermia?
Answer: Remove from environment
Temperature measurement
Remove tight clothing
Passive cooling measures
●● What type of patients should ambulance attendants transfer?
Answer: only those whose therapy required during transfer lies within
the attendant's capabilities
●● Describe a dystonic reaction
Answer: Involuntary muscle movements or spasms of the face, neck,
and upper extremities
Typically an adverse reaction to drugs such as Haloperidol
●● Patients placed on backboard for extrication or movement should not
be moved to a soft matress
, Answer: False
●● If cardiac arrest is witnessed by EMS or CPR in progress and patient
is unresponsive with no pulse, begin CPR at 30 compressions and two
ventilations
Answer: False (need to do CCC)
●● Deep suctioning is recommended during neonatal resuscitation
Answer: False
●● For a patient to be transported to an approved alcohol and drug abuse
facility, the GCS score must be above what level?
Answer: 14
●● What level trauma center is UMC?
Answer: 1
●● What does optimal prehospital care result from?
Answer: (1) Careful patient assessment
(2) Appropriate medical consultation
(3) essential prehospital emergency medical services
●● What protocols must be followed in the specific sequence noted?
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE RESOURCE
●● A patient on a legal psychiatric hold may be placed in the ER waiting
room
Answer: False
●● What is the goal of the protocol manual?
Answer: standardize prehospital care in Clark County
●● Describe a partial thickness (2nd degree burn)
Answer: blistering
●● Oxygen therapy should be established to keep SpO2 above what
level?
Answer: 94%
●● When should defibrillation be attempted during a witnessed cardiac
arrest?
Answer: Immediately
,●● What must exist for an emergency care physician to direct a
prehospital provider in rendering care that is not explicitly listed within
the protocols?
Answer: The provider must feel capable,based on the instructions given
by the telemetry physician, of correctly performing the directed care.
Both the telemetry physician and the provider must acknowledge and
agree that the patient's condition and extraordinary care are not
addressed elsewhere within these medical protocols
The telemetry physician and the provider must immediately notify the
Office of EMS & Trauma System (OEMSTS) of the extraordinary care
situation.
●● What is recommended if hypoxia is the cause of the cardiac arrest?
Answer: Early ventilation
●● When transporting a patient to a remote outpatient emergency
department, telemetry contact does not have to be made.
Answer: False
●● What is the ideal scene time for a a patient having a stroke?
Answer: Less than 10 minutes
●● Localized cold injuries should be rubbed to warm the skin
Answer: False
,●● For a patient to be transported to an approved alcohol and drug abuse
facility, the pulse rate must be between what range?
Answer: 60-120
●● Which of the following should be performed for a patient with
hyperthermia?
Answer: Remove from environment
Temperature measurement
Remove tight clothing
Passive cooling measures
●● What type of patients should ambulance attendants transfer?
Answer: only those whose therapy required during transfer lies within
the attendant's capabilities
●● Describe a dystonic reaction
Answer: Involuntary muscle movements or spasms of the face, neck,
and upper extremities
Typically an adverse reaction to drugs such as Haloperidol
●● Patients placed on backboard for extrication or movement should not
be moved to a soft matress
, Answer: False
●● If cardiac arrest is witnessed by EMS or CPR in progress and patient
is unresponsive with no pulse, begin CPR at 30 compressions and two
ventilations
Answer: False (need to do CCC)
●● Deep suctioning is recommended during neonatal resuscitation
Answer: False
●● For a patient to be transported to an approved alcohol and drug abuse
facility, the GCS score must be above what level?
Answer: 14
●● What level trauma center is UMC?
Answer: 1
●● What does optimal prehospital care result from?
Answer: (1) Careful patient assessment
(2) Appropriate medical consultation
(3) essential prehospital emergency medical services
●● What protocols must be followed in the specific sequence noted?
