SNHD BASIC EMT PROTOCOL EXAM
2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
ALREADY PASSED LATEST UPDATED
Question: What protocol must an EMS provider follow when utilizing their
personal cell phone to establish telemetry communications with a receiving
facility?
✔✔ Answer: You must place a call through the Fire Alarm Office (FAO) /
Dispatch Center and request that the dispatcher manually patch your phone line
directly through to the specific Emergency Department or hospital.
Question: What are the three strict criteria used to clinically and legally define an
individual as a "patient" during an emergency response?
✔✔ Answer:
1. The individual voices a chief complaint, or the mechanism of injury (MOI) /
nature of illness (NOI) strongly implies the presence of an injury or medical
condition.
2. The individual presents with clear, obvious physical evidence of an active
injury or illness.
3. An informed second or third party has officially contacted emergency
services to request evaluation for another person's medical well-being.
Question: Is a basic EMT permitted to perform an interfacility transport (IFT) for
a patient who has indwelling peripheral access lines (such as a standard IV line or a
PICC line)?
✔✔ Answer: Yes. An EMT can legally transport these patients provided that all
lines are completely capped/locked, and there are absolutely no medications or
fluids actively infusing or connected to the access ports.
Question: Where should an acutely intoxicated individual be transported if their
clinical metrics successfully satisfy the local "Waiting Room Vitals" safety
protocol?
, ✔✔ Answer: They should be transported directly to the Crossroads facility (or the
designated local sobering/diversion center).
Question: What specific clinical requirements must be met and documented for an
EMS provider to officially pronounce a patient dead in the field?
✔✔ Answer: You must identify, confirm, and document the presence of all 5
Presumptive Signs of Death simultaneously, alongside both of the 2 Conclusive
Signs of Death.
Question: What are the five Presumptive Signs of Death that must be assessed
during a field termination or pronouncement evaluation?
✔✔ Answer:
1. Complete, total unresponsiveness to all stimuli.
2. Absolute absence of spontaneous respirations (apnea).
3. Complete absence of a palpable pulse (pulselessness).
4. Pupils that are entirely fixed and fully dilated.
5. Verification of two or more distinct asystolic rhythms on a cardiac monitor
in a non-traumatic arrest, and/or a "No Shock Advised" message from an
AED. (Note: A "No Shock Advised" prompt alone does not verify death; you
must immediately re-verify the absence of a pulse).
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
2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
ALREADY PASSED LATEST UPDATED
Question: What protocol must an EMS provider follow when utilizing their
personal cell phone to establish telemetry communications with a receiving
facility?
✔✔ Answer: You must place a call through the Fire Alarm Office (FAO) /
Dispatch Center and request that the dispatcher manually patch your phone line
directly through to the specific Emergency Department or hospital.
Question: What are the three strict criteria used to clinically and legally define an
individual as a "patient" during an emergency response?
✔✔ Answer:
1. The individual voices a chief complaint, or the mechanism of injury (MOI) /
nature of illness (NOI) strongly implies the presence of an injury or medical
condition.
2. The individual presents with clear, obvious physical evidence of an active
injury or illness.
3. An informed second or third party has officially contacted emergency
services to request evaluation for another person's medical well-being.
Question: Is a basic EMT permitted to perform an interfacility transport (IFT) for
a patient who has indwelling peripheral access lines (such as a standard IV line or a
PICC line)?
✔✔ Answer: Yes. An EMT can legally transport these patients provided that all
lines are completely capped/locked, and there are absolutely no medications or
fluids actively infusing or connected to the access ports.
Question: Where should an acutely intoxicated individual be transported if their
clinical metrics successfully satisfy the local "Waiting Room Vitals" safety
protocol?
, ✔✔ Answer: They should be transported directly to the Crossroads facility (or the
designated local sobering/diversion center).
Question: What specific clinical requirements must be met and documented for an
EMS provider to officially pronounce a patient dead in the field?
✔✔ Answer: You must identify, confirm, and document the presence of all 5
Presumptive Signs of Death simultaneously, alongside both of the 2 Conclusive
Signs of Death.
Question: What are the five Presumptive Signs of Death that must be assessed
during a field termination or pronouncement evaluation?
✔✔ Answer:
1. Complete, total unresponsiveness to all stimuli.
2. Absolute absence of spontaneous respirations (apnea).
3. Complete absence of a palpable pulse (pulselessness).
4. Pupils that are entirely fixed and fully dilated.
5. Verification of two or more distinct asystolic rhythms on a cardiac monitor
in a non-traumatic arrest, and/or a "No Shock Advised" message from an
AED. (Note: A "No Shock Advised" prompt alone does not verify death; you
must immediately re-verify the absence of a pulse).
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
