SNHD EMS PROTOCOL EXAM EMT (BASIC) LEVEL
PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
(100% ACCURATE)
Question 1.
*How many miles away from a trauma center would you have to be to just transport the patient to the
nearest hospital?
A) 20
B) 30
C) 40
D) 50
ANSWER
D) 50
Question 2.
***What GCS is required to sit in waiting room?
A) >12
B) >8
C) >10
D) Any GCS
ANSWER
A) >12
(Must be A&Ox4)
Question 3.
*Where would you take a sexual assault victim less than 13 years of age?
A) Sunrise
B) UMC
C) Centennial hills
D) Henderson Hospital
ANSWER
A) Sunrise
,Question 4.
*What would you do for a localized cold injury?
A) General wound care
B) Put a heat pack in the armpits and crotch area
C) Warm skin contact to injury
D) Heat pack directly over injury
ANSWER
A) General wound care
Question 5.
*You arrive on scene to a pregnant woman in active labor and see that her umbilical cord is sticking
out. What do you do?
A) Try to push it back up there
B) Wrap it with sterile dressings and keep moist
C) Try to see if it has a pulse and document it
D) Clamp and Cut
ANSWER
B) Wrap it
Question 6.
**You arrive on scene to find a pulseless 60 year old man. What do you do first?
A) Give rescue breaths
B) Start compressions
C) Start putting AED pads on
D) Ask around to see if he has a DNR so you don't have to do compressions
ANSWER
B)
, Question 7.
*You arrive on scene to a pulseless and apneic patient who has a DNR, what do you do?
A) Try to verify the validity of the DNR
B) Contact medical direction for next steps
C) Make sure patient and family really understand what their DNR means
D) Begin CPR
ANSWER
A)
Question 8.
***Which Rapid Arterial Occlusion Score would prompt you to take a patient to a stroke hospital?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
4) 5
ANSWER
A) 1
Question 9.
*What should you do when a PT has a hemorrhage on an extremity?
A) Use Pressure
B) Use Gauze
C) Use Pressure and Tourniquet
D) Use Cohesive Bandage
ANSWER
C) Use Pressure and Tourniquet
PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
(100% ACCURATE)
Question 1.
*How many miles away from a trauma center would you have to be to just transport the patient to the
nearest hospital?
A) 20
B) 30
C) 40
D) 50
ANSWER
D) 50
Question 2.
***What GCS is required to sit in waiting room?
A) >12
B) >8
C) >10
D) Any GCS
ANSWER
A) >12
(Must be A&Ox4)
Question 3.
*Where would you take a sexual assault victim less than 13 years of age?
A) Sunrise
B) UMC
C) Centennial hills
D) Henderson Hospital
ANSWER
A) Sunrise
,Question 4.
*What would you do for a localized cold injury?
A) General wound care
B) Put a heat pack in the armpits and crotch area
C) Warm skin contact to injury
D) Heat pack directly over injury
ANSWER
A) General wound care
Question 5.
*You arrive on scene to a pregnant woman in active labor and see that her umbilical cord is sticking
out. What do you do?
A) Try to push it back up there
B) Wrap it with sterile dressings and keep moist
C) Try to see if it has a pulse and document it
D) Clamp and Cut
ANSWER
B) Wrap it
Question 6.
**You arrive on scene to find a pulseless 60 year old man. What do you do first?
A) Give rescue breaths
B) Start compressions
C) Start putting AED pads on
D) Ask around to see if he has a DNR so you don't have to do compressions
ANSWER
B)
, Question 7.
*You arrive on scene to a pulseless and apneic patient who has a DNR, what do you do?
A) Try to verify the validity of the DNR
B) Contact medical direction for next steps
C) Make sure patient and family really understand what their DNR means
D) Begin CPR
ANSWER
A)
Question 8.
***Which Rapid Arterial Occlusion Score would prompt you to take a patient to a stroke hospital?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
4) 5
ANSWER
A) 1
Question 9.
*What should you do when a PT has a hemorrhage on an extremity?
A) Use Pressure
B) Use Gauze
C) Use Pressure and Tourniquet
D) Use Cohesive Bandage
ANSWER
C) Use Pressure and Tourniquet
