SNHD AEMT Protocol Exam:
Complete Questions & Answers
Study Guide (2025/2026)
General Protocol & Patient Definition
Q: A patient is defined as:
A: A person who has a complaint or mechanism suggestive of potential
illness or injury; A person who has obvious evidence of illness or injury;
or A person identified by an informed 2nd or 3rd party caller as requiring
evaluation for potential illness or injury
Q: Ideally, when should procedures be performed?
A: En route to the hospital
Q: Where should stable patients be transported?
A: To a hospital of their choice. If the patient has no preference,
transport to the nearest appropriate facility. For patients outside a 50-
mile radius, transport to the nearest appropriate facility.
Q: Which patients should go to a hospital that has declared internal
disaster?
A: Patients in cardiac arrest and patients in whom the ability to
adequately ventilate has not been established.
Trauma & Field Triage
Q: What triage system is typically used in Clark County?
,A: START (Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment)
Q: What is the northern border for St. Rose Dominican - Siena
Campus's trauma catchment area?
A: Sunset
Q: What is the eastern border for St. Rose Dominican - Siena
Campus's trauma catchment area?
A: County Border
Q: What is the west border for St. Rose Dominican - Siena Campus's
trauma catchment area?
A: I-15
Q: A patient who was involved in a traumatic situation, with a
systolic blood pressure less than ______ must be transported to a
Level 1 or 2 trauma center.
A: 90 mmHg
Q: How many proximal long bone fractures require transport to a
Level 1 or 2 trauma center?
A: Two or more
Q: Intrusion on a motor vehicle of how many inches on the
occupant's side requires transport to a Level 1, 2, or 3 trauma
center?
A: Intrusion, including roof: greater than 12 inches occupant site; greater
than 18 inches any site.
Q: Which of the following patients do not need spinal
immobilization?
A: A. Penetrating trauma to the head and/or neck and no evidence of
spinal injury; B. Injuries where placement of the collar might compromise
patient assessment, airway management, ventilation, and/or hemorrhage
control; C. Patients in cardiac arrest.
,Q: Cervical stabilization does not need to be considered for the
victim of a drowning.
A: False
Cardiac Arrest & Resuscitation
Q: For a patient in cardiac arrest that was not witnessed by EMS or
there is no CPR in progress, what should occur first?
A: 2 minutes of continuous cardiac compressions
Q: For a traumatic cardiac arrest, what interventions must be
performed prior to considering terminating resuscitation efforts?
A: 1. Open airway with basic life support measures; 2. Provide effective
ventilation with 100% oxygenation for two (2) minutes; 3. Perform
bilateral needle thoracentesis if tension pneumothorax suspected.
Q: What is the compression to ventilation ratio for neonatal
resuscitation?
A: 3:1
Signs of Death
Q: Which of the following are presumptive signs of death?
A: Pulselessness, Unresponsiveness, Apnea, Fixed/dilated pupils
Q: Which of the following are obvious signs of death?
A: Body decomposition, Decapitation, Transection of thorax
(hemicorpectomy), Incineration
Q: Which of the following are conclusive signs of death?
, A: Dependent lividity of any degree, Rigor mortis, Massive trauma to the
head, neck, or chest with visible organ destruction
Medication Administration
Q: What is the dose for D10 for adults?
A: 25 gm IV (250ml of 10% solution)
Q: What is the dose of D10 in a pediatric patient?
A: 5ml/kg, max dose 240ml
Q: In a pediatric patient, a blood glucose level of ______ indicates a
need for glucose.
A: <60 mg/dL
Q: What is the adult dose of Epinephrine for a patient experiencing
an allergic reaction?
A: 0.5 mg
Q: What is the pediatric dose of Epinephrine 1:1,000 for a patient
having an allergic reaction?
A: 0.01 mg/kg IM
Q: What is the pediatric Diphenhydramine dose for a patient having
an allergic reaction?
A: 1.0 mg/kg IM/IV to a max of 50 mg
Q: What is the dose of Benadryl for a pediatric patient experiencing
a dystonic reaction?
A: 1.0 mg/kg
Complete Questions & Answers
Study Guide (2025/2026)
General Protocol & Patient Definition
Q: A patient is defined as:
A: A person who has a complaint or mechanism suggestive of potential
illness or injury; A person who has obvious evidence of illness or injury;
or A person identified by an informed 2nd or 3rd party caller as requiring
evaluation for potential illness or injury
Q: Ideally, when should procedures be performed?
A: En route to the hospital
Q: Where should stable patients be transported?
A: To a hospital of their choice. If the patient has no preference,
transport to the nearest appropriate facility. For patients outside a 50-
mile radius, transport to the nearest appropriate facility.
Q: Which patients should go to a hospital that has declared internal
disaster?
A: Patients in cardiac arrest and patients in whom the ability to
adequately ventilate has not been established.
Trauma & Field Triage
Q: What triage system is typically used in Clark County?
,A: START (Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment)
Q: What is the northern border for St. Rose Dominican - Siena
Campus's trauma catchment area?
A: Sunset
Q: What is the eastern border for St. Rose Dominican - Siena
Campus's trauma catchment area?
A: County Border
Q: What is the west border for St. Rose Dominican - Siena Campus's
trauma catchment area?
A: I-15
Q: A patient who was involved in a traumatic situation, with a
systolic blood pressure less than ______ must be transported to a
Level 1 or 2 trauma center.
A: 90 mmHg
Q: How many proximal long bone fractures require transport to a
Level 1 or 2 trauma center?
A: Two or more
Q: Intrusion on a motor vehicle of how many inches on the
occupant's side requires transport to a Level 1, 2, or 3 trauma
center?
A: Intrusion, including roof: greater than 12 inches occupant site; greater
than 18 inches any site.
Q: Which of the following patients do not need spinal
immobilization?
A: A. Penetrating trauma to the head and/or neck and no evidence of
spinal injury; B. Injuries where placement of the collar might compromise
patient assessment, airway management, ventilation, and/or hemorrhage
control; C. Patients in cardiac arrest.
,Q: Cervical stabilization does not need to be considered for the
victim of a drowning.
A: False
Cardiac Arrest & Resuscitation
Q: For a patient in cardiac arrest that was not witnessed by EMS or
there is no CPR in progress, what should occur first?
A: 2 minutes of continuous cardiac compressions
Q: For a traumatic cardiac arrest, what interventions must be
performed prior to considering terminating resuscitation efforts?
A: 1. Open airway with basic life support measures; 2. Provide effective
ventilation with 100% oxygenation for two (2) minutes; 3. Perform
bilateral needle thoracentesis if tension pneumothorax suspected.
Q: What is the compression to ventilation ratio for neonatal
resuscitation?
A: 3:1
Signs of Death
Q: Which of the following are presumptive signs of death?
A: Pulselessness, Unresponsiveness, Apnea, Fixed/dilated pupils
Q: Which of the following are obvious signs of death?
A: Body decomposition, Decapitation, Transection of thorax
(hemicorpectomy), Incineration
Q: Which of the following are conclusive signs of death?
, A: Dependent lividity of any degree, Rigor mortis, Massive trauma to the
head, neck, or chest with visible organ destruction
Medication Administration
Q: What is the dose for D10 for adults?
A: 25 gm IV (250ml of 10% solution)
Q: What is the dose of D10 in a pediatric patient?
A: 5ml/kg, max dose 240ml
Q: In a pediatric patient, a blood glucose level of ______ indicates a
need for glucose.
A: <60 mg/dL
Q: What is the adult dose of Epinephrine for a patient experiencing
an allergic reaction?
A: 0.5 mg
Q: What is the pediatric dose of Epinephrine 1:1,000 for a patient
having an allergic reaction?
A: 0.01 mg/kg IM
Q: What is the pediatric Diphenhydramine dose for a patient having
an allergic reaction?
A: 1.0 mg/kg IM/IV to a max of 50 mg
Q: What is the dose of Benadryl for a pediatric patient experiencing
a dystonic reaction?
A: 1.0 mg/kg
