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Southern Nevada Health District’s Protocol Exam For EMS
(EMT Basic) Level Exam Newest 2025/2026 Complete 150
Questions And Correct Detailed Answers (Verified Answers)
|Already Graded A+||Brand New Version!!
When parking your emergency vehicle to block oncoming traffic
at the scene of a crash, how should you park your apparatus?
At a 45 degree angle to traffic, taking up multiple lanes
Park in the center median
Perpendicular to traffic, taking up multiple lanes
Parallel to traffic, taking up one lane - ANSWER-At a 45 degree
angle to traffic, taking up multiple lanes
An 8-year-old boy has fallen off his bike and appears to have a
broken arm. You have tried to contact the parents, but they
cannot be reached. Your next step would be to?
Assume that the parents would have given consent for treatment
Ask the police for permission to treat
Transport the patient but preform no treatment
Contact Medical Control and ask if it is okay to transport the
patient - ANSWER-Assume that the parents would have given
consent for treatment
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The implementation of tsunami warning system with monthly
drills is known as what?
Disaster mitigation
Disaster recognition
Disaster aversion
Disaster response - ANSWER-Disaster mitigation
You are assessing a male adult patient you suspect was exposed
to nerve gas. When assessing this patient, which pneumonic will
help you determine if the symptoms match your suspicion of
injury?
DUMBELS
BURP
OPQRST
AEIOU-TIPS - ANSWER-DUMBELS: defecation, urination,
miosis, bradycardia, emesis, lacrimation, salivation. These
symptoms are all consistent with nerve agent poisoning, which
inhibits acetylcholinesterase from the breakdown of
acetycholine. This leads to over-stimulation of the
parasympathetic nervous system.
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When performing rapid triage via the START method, what
three criteria are you assessing? - ANSWER-Respirations,
perfusion, mental status
You have been dispatched as the initial responding unit for a
multi-vehicle crash. Dispatch information indicates that a large
boat being pulled behind a truck came unhitched while traveling
at highway speeds. The boat hit four vehicles, including a semi,
before coming to a stop. Additional resources are en route and it
is reported that there are 12 patients with varying levels of
injury. You are assigned to begin triaging patients. According to
START triage, which of the following patients should be
categorized as "RED" or "IMMEDIATE"?
27-year-old female with partial amputation of her right leg
above the knee. She is conscious but very disoriented with an
absent radial pulse and respiratory rate of 40
34-year-old male with gross fracture of right humerus. He is in
extreme pain but has self-extricated and is trying to reach his
daughter and wife in the car
32-year-old female complaining of severe abdominal pain. She -
ANSWER-According to START triage, patients are categorized
based upon respirations, perfusion, and mental status. The 27-
year-old female meets "RED" or "IMMEDIATE" criteria in all
three categories. Her respiratory rate is greater than 30, she has
no radial pulse, and she is altered. Although the 32-year-old
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female is pregnant with abdominal pain as a result of trauma,
she is alert and oriented. However, she cannot move so she
should be categorized as "YELLOW" or "DELAYED". The 34-
year-old male has self-extricated and is up walking around
(walking wounded). He should be categorized as "GREEN" or
"MINOR". Despite the 6-year-old female appearing to have
spontaneous respirations, it is important to recognize that she
still has agonal respirations AFTER repositioning her airway.
This patient should be triaged as "BLACK" or "DECEASED"
When assessing a trauma patient, which finding will determine
whether the patient is in need of an air ambulance to a trauma
center?
Multi-Systems Trauma
Airway compromise
Large Burn Surface Area
Amputations - ANSWER-Multi-Systems Trauma
Which of the following is not a component of spinal
immobilization during a water rescue?
Out-of-water spinal immobilization
C-collar application
Backboarding and extrication
Southern Nevada Health District’s Protocol Exam For EMS
(EMT Basic) Level Exam Newest 2025/2026 Complete 150
Questions And Correct Detailed Answers (Verified Answers)
|Already Graded A+||Brand New Version!!
When parking your emergency vehicle to block oncoming traffic
at the scene of a crash, how should you park your apparatus?
At a 45 degree angle to traffic, taking up multiple lanes
Park in the center median
Perpendicular to traffic, taking up multiple lanes
Parallel to traffic, taking up one lane - ANSWER-At a 45 degree
angle to traffic, taking up multiple lanes
An 8-year-old boy has fallen off his bike and appears to have a
broken arm. You have tried to contact the parents, but they
cannot be reached. Your next step would be to?
Assume that the parents would have given consent for treatment
Ask the police for permission to treat
Transport the patient but preform no treatment
Contact Medical Control and ask if it is okay to transport the
patient - ANSWER-Assume that the parents would have given
consent for treatment
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The implementation of tsunami warning system with monthly
drills is known as what?
Disaster mitigation
Disaster recognition
Disaster aversion
Disaster response - ANSWER-Disaster mitigation
You are assessing a male adult patient you suspect was exposed
to nerve gas. When assessing this patient, which pneumonic will
help you determine if the symptoms match your suspicion of
injury?
DUMBELS
BURP
OPQRST
AEIOU-TIPS - ANSWER-DUMBELS: defecation, urination,
miosis, bradycardia, emesis, lacrimation, salivation. These
symptoms are all consistent with nerve agent poisoning, which
inhibits acetylcholinesterase from the breakdown of
acetycholine. This leads to over-stimulation of the
parasympathetic nervous system.
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When performing rapid triage via the START method, what
three criteria are you assessing? - ANSWER-Respirations,
perfusion, mental status
You have been dispatched as the initial responding unit for a
multi-vehicle crash. Dispatch information indicates that a large
boat being pulled behind a truck came unhitched while traveling
at highway speeds. The boat hit four vehicles, including a semi,
before coming to a stop. Additional resources are en route and it
is reported that there are 12 patients with varying levels of
injury. You are assigned to begin triaging patients. According to
START triage, which of the following patients should be
categorized as "RED" or "IMMEDIATE"?
27-year-old female with partial amputation of her right leg
above the knee. She is conscious but very disoriented with an
absent radial pulse and respiratory rate of 40
34-year-old male with gross fracture of right humerus. He is in
extreme pain but has self-extricated and is trying to reach his
daughter and wife in the car
32-year-old female complaining of severe abdominal pain. She -
ANSWER-According to START triage, patients are categorized
based upon respirations, perfusion, and mental status. The 27-
year-old female meets "RED" or "IMMEDIATE" criteria in all
three categories. Her respiratory rate is greater than 30, she has
no radial pulse, and she is altered. Although the 32-year-old
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female is pregnant with abdominal pain as a result of trauma,
she is alert and oriented. However, she cannot move so she
should be categorized as "YELLOW" or "DELAYED". The 34-
year-old male has self-extricated and is up walking around
(walking wounded). He should be categorized as "GREEN" or
"MINOR". Despite the 6-year-old female appearing to have
spontaneous respirations, it is important to recognize that she
still has agonal respirations AFTER repositioning her airway.
This patient should be triaged as "BLACK" or "DECEASED"
When assessing a trauma patient, which finding will determine
whether the patient is in need of an air ambulance to a trauma
center?
Multi-Systems Trauma
Airway compromise
Large Burn Surface Area
Amputations - ANSWER-Multi-Systems Trauma
Which of the following is not a component of spinal
immobilization during a water rescue?
Out-of-water spinal immobilization
C-collar application
Backboarding and extrication
