SNHD Basic EMT Protocol Exam 2025-2026
Questions With Correct Answers
When |using |your |personal |phone |for |telemetry |what |do |you |do
Call |through |FAO |and |have |them |patch |you |to |whatever |ER/Hospital
Definitions |of |a |patient
1. |Complaint |of |a |mechanism |of |injury/nature |of |illness |that |is |suggestive |of |an |injury
2. |Obvious |evidence |of |illness |or |injury
3. |An |individual |or |informed |2nd/3rd |party |has |called |for |someone |elses |wellbeing
Can |an |EMT |do |interfacility |transport |with |someone |with |peripheral |lines(PIK, |IV, |etc.)
Yes, |as |long |as |they |are |all |locked |and |there |is |nothing |running |or |connected |to |them
Where |do |you |take |an |intoxicated |patient |that |meets |Waiting |Room |Vitals?
Crossroads
What |do |you |need |"pronounce" |someone |dead
You |need |all |5 |Presumptive |signs |of |death |and |all |2 |Conclusive |signs
What |are |the |Presumptive |signs |of |death
1. |Unresponsiveness
2. |Apnea
3. |Pulselessness
4. |Fixed, |Dilated |Pupils
5. |2 |or |more |asystoles |in |a |non-traumatic |arrest, |and/or |"No |Shock |Advised" |from |AED(just |
cause |it |says |no |shock |advised |doesnt |mean |their |dead, |check |for |pulse |after |it |says |this)
When |can |you |move |a |patients |body?
When |Coroner |tells |you |too, |to |protect |the |body, |or |to |safely |assess |it
what |does |TFTC |stand |for?
Trauma |Field |Triage |Criteria
When |can |a |patient |be |transported |to |a |remote |outpatient |ER?
, If |vitals |are |within |normal |limits |and |they |do |not |have |any |exclusionary |criteria
What |is |under |the |Red |Injury |list?
1. |Penetration |to |head, |neck, |torso, |or |facial |extremeties
2. |Skull |deformity |of |suspected |skull |fracture
3. |Suspected |spinal |injury
4. |Chest |wall |instability |or |deformity
5. |Suspected |pelvic |fracture
6. |Suspected |fracture |of |two |or |more |proximal |long |bones
7. |Car |roll |over
What |is |under |the |Yellow |Injury |list?
1. |High |risk |crash |or |ejection |of |any |kind
2. |12 |inch |or |more |dent |on |occupants |side |of |car |or |need |for |extrication
3. |Death |in |passenger
4. |Unsecured |child
5. |Fall |of |10 |feet |or |more |in |all |patients |but |especially |geriatric |and |pediatric
What |is |the |Waiting |Room |Criteria |vitals?
Heart |Rate: |60-100
Respiratory |Rate: |10-20
Systolic: |100-180
Diastolic: |60-110
SPo2: |94%
Ao |x |4
If |a |patient |isnt |in |shock |and |took |Epinephrine, |can |you |help |them |with |their |Metered |Dose |
Inhaler?
Yes, |only |if |not |in |shock
At |what |age |should |you |consider |abdominal/flank |pain |in |patients |as |a |very |possible |cardiac |
issue?
35 |and |or |above
IMC-RASS |1
Anxious |but |movements |are |not |aggressive, |attempt |verbally |de-escalate |the |patient
IMC-RASS |2
Frequent |non-purposeful |movements |and |fights |ventilator, |attempt |to |verbally |de-escalate
Questions With Correct Answers
When |using |your |personal |phone |for |telemetry |what |do |you |do
Call |through |FAO |and |have |them |patch |you |to |whatever |ER/Hospital
Definitions |of |a |patient
1. |Complaint |of |a |mechanism |of |injury/nature |of |illness |that |is |suggestive |of |an |injury
2. |Obvious |evidence |of |illness |or |injury
3. |An |individual |or |informed |2nd/3rd |party |has |called |for |someone |elses |wellbeing
Can |an |EMT |do |interfacility |transport |with |someone |with |peripheral |lines(PIK, |IV, |etc.)
Yes, |as |long |as |they |are |all |locked |and |there |is |nothing |running |or |connected |to |them
Where |do |you |take |an |intoxicated |patient |that |meets |Waiting |Room |Vitals?
Crossroads
What |do |you |need |"pronounce" |someone |dead
You |need |all |5 |Presumptive |signs |of |death |and |all |2 |Conclusive |signs
What |are |the |Presumptive |signs |of |death
1. |Unresponsiveness
2. |Apnea
3. |Pulselessness
4. |Fixed, |Dilated |Pupils
5. |2 |or |more |asystoles |in |a |non-traumatic |arrest, |and/or |"No |Shock |Advised" |from |AED(just |
cause |it |says |no |shock |advised |doesnt |mean |their |dead, |check |for |pulse |after |it |says |this)
When |can |you |move |a |patients |body?
When |Coroner |tells |you |too, |to |protect |the |body, |or |to |safely |assess |it
what |does |TFTC |stand |for?
Trauma |Field |Triage |Criteria
When |can |a |patient |be |transported |to |a |remote |outpatient |ER?
, If |vitals |are |within |normal |limits |and |they |do |not |have |any |exclusionary |criteria
What |is |under |the |Red |Injury |list?
1. |Penetration |to |head, |neck, |torso, |or |facial |extremeties
2. |Skull |deformity |of |suspected |skull |fracture
3. |Suspected |spinal |injury
4. |Chest |wall |instability |or |deformity
5. |Suspected |pelvic |fracture
6. |Suspected |fracture |of |two |or |more |proximal |long |bones
7. |Car |roll |over
What |is |under |the |Yellow |Injury |list?
1. |High |risk |crash |or |ejection |of |any |kind
2. |12 |inch |or |more |dent |on |occupants |side |of |car |or |need |for |extrication
3. |Death |in |passenger
4. |Unsecured |child
5. |Fall |of |10 |feet |or |more |in |all |patients |but |especially |geriatric |and |pediatric
What |is |the |Waiting |Room |Criteria |vitals?
Heart |Rate: |60-100
Respiratory |Rate: |10-20
Systolic: |100-180
Diastolic: |60-110
SPo2: |94%
Ao |x |4
If |a |patient |isnt |in |shock |and |took |Epinephrine, |can |you |help |them |with |their |Metered |Dose |
Inhaler?
Yes, |only |if |not |in |shock
At |what |age |should |you |consider |abdominal/flank |pain |in |patients |as |a |very |possible |cardiac |
issue?
35 |and |or |above
IMC-RASS |1
Anxious |but |movements |are |not |aggressive, |attempt |verbally |de-escalate |the |patient
IMC-RASS |2
Frequent |non-purposeful |movements |and |fights |ventilator, |attempt |to |verbally |de-escalate
