SNHD PROTOCOL TEST QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT!!!
Question: What is the primary objective of the Southern Nevada Health District
(SNHD) protocol manual?
Answer: ✔✔ To establish uniform and standardized prehospital emergency care
throughout Clark County.
Question: What is the legal and operational status of the SNHD protocols?
Answer: ✔✔ They serve as clinical guidelines and are not authorized to broaden
or expand any provider's legally defined scope of practice.
Question: What operational delay do these protocols explicitly forbid?
Answer: ✔✔ They are never to be used as a reason to delay the rapid transport of
a patient to an emergency facility.
Question: What steps must a provider take if they are unable to execute a specific
order from medical control?
Answer: ✔✔ The crew member must immediately notify the ordering physician of
the reason for the deviation, document it clearly, and submit the incident into the
system's Quality Improvement (QI) review workflow.
Question: What core components comprise a General Adult Assessment protocol?
Answer: ✔✔ The standard assessment sequence includes:
Ensuring scene safety and conducting a thorough scene size-up.
Bringing necessary response gear directly to the patient's side.
Evaluating Level of Consciousness (LoC) alongside the ABCDs (Airway,
Breathing, Circulation, Disability).
Obtaining vital signs, a medical history, and a blood glucose reading.
Applying target-specific clinical protocols and stabilizing the cervical spine
if trauma is suspected.
Providing supportive comfort measures and maintaining oxygen saturation
($SpO_2$) above 94%.
, During the General Adult Assessment, if the patient is unresponsive what do you
do next? -ANSWER ✔✔Check pulse. If there is no pulse, follow cardiac arrest
protocol.
During the General Adult Assessment, if the patient's airway is not protected what
should you do next? -ANSWER ✔✔Follow the Ventilation management protocol
During the General Adult Assessment, if the patient is in respiratory distress what
should you do next? -ANSWER ✔✔Follow the Respiratory Distress protocol
During the General Adult Assessment, if the patient is bleeding what should you
do next? -ANSWER ✔✔Follow General Trauma protocol
During the General Adult Assessment, if the patient is altered mental status what
should you do next? -ANSWER ✔✔Follow the altered mental status/syncope
protocol
During the adult trauma assessment, what is the goal for the EMT? -ANSWER
✔✔Keep O2 above at or above 94% and treat other life threatening issues as
needed.
During the General Adult Trauma Assessment, if a patient has a suspected TBI
what should the EMT do? -ANSWER ✔✔Raise the head of the bed 30 degrees
If a patient is altered, what should you check? -ANSWER ✔✔If blood glucose is
below 60mg/dl
AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT!!!
Question: What is the primary objective of the Southern Nevada Health District
(SNHD) protocol manual?
Answer: ✔✔ To establish uniform and standardized prehospital emergency care
throughout Clark County.
Question: What is the legal and operational status of the SNHD protocols?
Answer: ✔✔ They serve as clinical guidelines and are not authorized to broaden
or expand any provider's legally defined scope of practice.
Question: What operational delay do these protocols explicitly forbid?
Answer: ✔✔ They are never to be used as a reason to delay the rapid transport of
a patient to an emergency facility.
Question: What steps must a provider take if they are unable to execute a specific
order from medical control?
Answer: ✔✔ The crew member must immediately notify the ordering physician of
the reason for the deviation, document it clearly, and submit the incident into the
system's Quality Improvement (QI) review workflow.
Question: What core components comprise a General Adult Assessment protocol?
Answer: ✔✔ The standard assessment sequence includes:
Ensuring scene safety and conducting a thorough scene size-up.
Bringing necessary response gear directly to the patient's side.
Evaluating Level of Consciousness (LoC) alongside the ABCDs (Airway,
Breathing, Circulation, Disability).
Obtaining vital signs, a medical history, and a blood glucose reading.
Applying target-specific clinical protocols and stabilizing the cervical spine
if trauma is suspected.
Providing supportive comfort measures and maintaining oxygen saturation
($SpO_2$) above 94%.
, During the General Adult Assessment, if the patient is unresponsive what do you
do next? -ANSWER ✔✔Check pulse. If there is no pulse, follow cardiac arrest
protocol.
During the General Adult Assessment, if the patient's airway is not protected what
should you do next? -ANSWER ✔✔Follow the Ventilation management protocol
During the General Adult Assessment, if the patient is in respiratory distress what
should you do next? -ANSWER ✔✔Follow the Respiratory Distress protocol
During the General Adult Assessment, if the patient is bleeding what should you
do next? -ANSWER ✔✔Follow General Trauma protocol
During the General Adult Assessment, if the patient is altered mental status what
should you do next? -ANSWER ✔✔Follow the altered mental status/syncope
protocol
During the adult trauma assessment, what is the goal for the EMT? -ANSWER
✔✔Keep O2 above at or above 94% and treat other life threatening issues as
needed.
During the General Adult Trauma Assessment, if a patient has a suspected TBI
what should the EMT do? -ANSWER ✔✔Raise the head of the bed 30 degrees
If a patient is altered, what should you check? -ANSWER ✔✔If blood glucose is
below 60mg/dl
