SNHD EMT EMS PROTOCOLS
CERTIFICATION REVIEW 2026 PRACTICE
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ Postpartum Eclampsia/Pre-eclampsia commonly presents how long
after childbirth?.
Answer: Up to 48 hours
⩥ Identify the correct T's in the pneumonic "H's and T's".
Answer: Tension Pneumothorax
Tamponade, Cardiac
Toxins
Thrombosis, pulmonary
Thrombosis, coronary
⩥ Patients sustaining burn injuries shall be transported in accordance
with what protocol?.
Answer: Burns protocol
⩥ A patient with a pulse oximetry reading above what percentage may
be placed in the ER waiting room?.
,Answer: 94
⩥ The Sunrise Hospital catchment area is for all adult trauma calls and
pediatric Step 3 trauma calls that meet the Trauma Field Triage Criteria
Protocol and occur within the geographical area bordered by Paradise
Road to the west, Sahara Avenue to the north, Sunset Road to the south,
and the county line to the east, are to be transported to Sunrise Hospital
& Medical Center and the medical directions for the treatment of the
patient must originate at that center 1.
Answer: True
⩥ Adult trauma calls that meet Step 1 or 2 of the Trauma Field Triage
Criteria Protocol and occur in the geographical area bordered by
Paradise road to the east, Sunset Road to the north, Interstate 15 to the
west, and the county line to the south, are to be transported to University
Medical Center/Trauma..
Answer: True
⩥ A DNR or POLST order shall be validated by confirming the patient's.
Answer: name, age, condition of identification form
⩥ What kind of dressing should be applied to an abdominal
evisceration?.
Answer: Wet trauma dressing
, ⩥ A patient who meets step 2 of the Trauma Triage Field Criteria, must
be transported to what level trauma center?.
Answer: Level 1 or Level 2
⩥ For patients outside a 50mile radius from protocol designated
transport destinations, where shall the provider transport the patient to?.
Answer: the nearest appropriate facility
⩥ What is the purpose of the protocol manual?.
Answer: Provide guidance to all prehospital care providers and
emergency department physicians within the Clark County EMS
System.
⩥ What are the protocols considered?.
Answer: guidelines
⩥ All patients with absent vital signs who do not have conclusive signs
of death shall be treated with life-resuscitating measures unless EMS
personnel are presented with a valid Do-Not-Resuscitate
(DNR)/Physician Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)
Identification/Order..
Answer: true
CERTIFICATION REVIEW 2026 PRACTICE
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ Postpartum Eclampsia/Pre-eclampsia commonly presents how long
after childbirth?.
Answer: Up to 48 hours
⩥ Identify the correct T's in the pneumonic "H's and T's".
Answer: Tension Pneumothorax
Tamponade, Cardiac
Toxins
Thrombosis, pulmonary
Thrombosis, coronary
⩥ Patients sustaining burn injuries shall be transported in accordance
with what protocol?.
Answer: Burns protocol
⩥ A patient with a pulse oximetry reading above what percentage may
be placed in the ER waiting room?.
,Answer: 94
⩥ The Sunrise Hospital catchment area is for all adult trauma calls and
pediatric Step 3 trauma calls that meet the Trauma Field Triage Criteria
Protocol and occur within the geographical area bordered by Paradise
Road to the west, Sahara Avenue to the north, Sunset Road to the south,
and the county line to the east, are to be transported to Sunrise Hospital
& Medical Center and the medical directions for the treatment of the
patient must originate at that center 1.
Answer: True
⩥ Adult trauma calls that meet Step 1 or 2 of the Trauma Field Triage
Criteria Protocol and occur in the geographical area bordered by
Paradise road to the east, Sunset Road to the north, Interstate 15 to the
west, and the county line to the south, are to be transported to University
Medical Center/Trauma..
Answer: True
⩥ A DNR or POLST order shall be validated by confirming the patient's.
Answer: name, age, condition of identification form
⩥ What kind of dressing should be applied to an abdominal
evisceration?.
Answer: Wet trauma dressing
, ⩥ A patient who meets step 2 of the Trauma Triage Field Criteria, must
be transported to what level trauma center?.
Answer: Level 1 or Level 2
⩥ For patients outside a 50mile radius from protocol designated
transport destinations, where shall the provider transport the patient to?.
Answer: the nearest appropriate facility
⩥ What is the purpose of the protocol manual?.
Answer: Provide guidance to all prehospital care providers and
emergency department physicians within the Clark County EMS
System.
⩥ What are the protocols considered?.
Answer: guidelines
⩥ All patients with absent vital signs who do not have conclusive signs
of death shall be treated with life-resuscitating measures unless EMS
personnel are presented with a valid Do-Not-Resuscitate
(DNR)/Physician Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)
Identification/Order..
Answer: true
