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2025 Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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Foreword
(Emergency //medical //services //protocol //manual)
The //purpose //of //this //manual //is //to
provide /
/guidance /
/for /
/ALL /
/prehospital /
/care /
/providers //and //emergency //department //physicians //within //the //Clark //County //EMS //System.
What //is //the //GOAL //of //the //manual?
to /
/STANDARDIZE /
/prehospital /
/patient /
/care /
/in /
/Clark /
/County. /
/It /
/is /
/to /
/be /
/understood /
,/that /
/these /
/protocols /
/are /
/guidelines. /
/Nothing /
/contained //in //these //protocols //shall //be //construed //to //expand //the //scope //of //practice //of //any
//licensed /
/Attendant /
/beyond /
/that /
/which /
/is /
/identified /
/in /
/the /
/Clark //County //Emergency //Medical //Services //Regulations //and //these //protocols //(Appendix //C).
NOTHING /
/contained /
/within /
/these /
/protocols /
/is /
/meant /
/to /
/delay /
/rapid /
/patient //transport //to //a //receiving //facility. //Patient //care //should //be //rendered //while //en-
route //to //a //definitive //treatment //facility.
Protocol //Key
1. //Caution /// //Warning /// //Alert
2. //Pediatric //Treatment //Consideration //(for //patients //less //than //12 //years //of //age)
,3. //Telemetry //Contact //Required
4. //Specific //Protocol
5. //EMT //Licensed //Attendant //and //above //may //perform //these //steps
6. //AEMT //Licensed //Attendant //and //above //may //perform //these //steps
7. //Paramedic //Licensed //Attendant
Who //is //the //current //District //Health //Officer?
Fermin //Leguen, //MD, //MPH
In /
/what /
/position //should //a //patient //who //has //a //suspected //traumatic //brain //injury //be //transported?
(General //Adult //Trauma //Assessment //Protocol)
Head //of //the //bed //elevated //to //30°
What //should //be //utilized //for //an //abdominal //evisceration?
(General //Adult //Trauma //Assessment)
Wet //trauma //dressing
What //Sp02 //is //acceptable //when //utilizing //a //BVM?
(General //Adult //Trauma //Assessment)
90%
, How /
/much /
/fluid //is //to //be //administered //to //a //patient //who //does //not //have //a //palpable //radial //pulse?
(General //Adult //Trauma //Assessment)
1 //L //of //normal //saline
At //what //level //should //the //waveform //capnography //be //maintained?
(General //Adult //Trauma //Assessment)
35 //mm //Hg
What //are //the //signs //of //a //tension //pneumothorax?
(General //Adult //Trauma //Assessment)
•Absent //breath //sounds
•Hypoxia, //rapid //respiratory //rate
•Hypotension, //tachycardia
•JVD
•Tracheal //deviation
What /
/additional /
/assessment //should //be //considered //when //assessing //a //person //with //abdominal/flank //pain?
(Abdominal/Flank //Pain, //Nausea //& //Vomiting)
Retroperitoneal //palpation //for //kidney //pain
Protocols
/ /
2025 Exam Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // // //
Foreword
(Emergency //medical //services //protocol //manual)
The //purpose //of //this //manual //is //to
provide /
/guidance /
/for /
/ALL /
/prehospital /
/care /
/providers //and //emergency //department //physicians //within //the //Clark //County //EMS //System.
What //is //the //GOAL //of //the //manual?
to /
/STANDARDIZE /
/prehospital /
/patient /
/care /
/in /
/Clark /
/County. /
/It /
/is /
/to /
/be /
/understood /
,/that /
/these /
/protocols /
/are /
/guidelines. /
/Nothing /
/contained //in //these //protocols //shall //be //construed //to //expand //the //scope //of //practice //of //any
//licensed /
/Attendant /
/beyond /
/that /
/which /
/is /
/identified /
/in /
/the /
/Clark //County //Emergency //Medical //Services //Regulations //and //these //protocols //(Appendix //C).
NOTHING /
/contained /
/within /
/these /
/protocols /
/is /
/meant /
/to /
/delay /
/rapid /
/patient //transport //to //a //receiving //facility. //Patient //care //should //be //rendered //while //en-
route //to //a //definitive //treatment //facility.
Protocol //Key
1. //Caution /// //Warning /// //Alert
2. //Pediatric //Treatment //Consideration //(for //patients //less //than //12 //years //of //age)
,3. //Telemetry //Contact //Required
4. //Specific //Protocol
5. //EMT //Licensed //Attendant //and //above //may //perform //these //steps
6. //AEMT //Licensed //Attendant //and //above //may //perform //these //steps
7. //Paramedic //Licensed //Attendant
Who //is //the //current //District //Health //Officer?
Fermin //Leguen, //MD, //MPH
In /
/what /
/position //should //a //patient //who //has //a //suspected //traumatic //brain //injury //be //transported?
(General //Adult //Trauma //Assessment //Protocol)
Head //of //the //bed //elevated //to //30°
What //should //be //utilized //for //an //abdominal //evisceration?
(General //Adult //Trauma //Assessment)
Wet //trauma //dressing
What //Sp02 //is //acceptable //when //utilizing //a //BVM?
(General //Adult //Trauma //Assessment)
90%
, How /
/much /
/fluid //is //to //be //administered //to //a //patient //who //does //not //have //a //palpable //radial //pulse?
(General //Adult //Trauma //Assessment)
1 //L //of //normal //saline
At //what //level //should //the //waveform //capnography //be //maintained?
(General //Adult //Trauma //Assessment)
35 //mm //Hg
What //are //the //signs //of //a //tension //pneumothorax?
(General //Adult //Trauma //Assessment)
•Absent //breath //sounds
•Hypoxia, //rapid //respiratory //rate
•Hypotension, //tachycardia
•JVD
•Tracheal //deviation
What /
/additional /
/assessment //should //be //considered //when //assessing //a //person //with //abdominal/flank //pain?
(Abdominal/Flank //Pain, //Nausea //& //Vomiting)
Retroperitoneal //palpation //for //kidney //pain
