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SOUTHERN NEVADA HEALTH DISTRICT’S PROTOCOL EXAM FOR
EMS (EMT BASIC) LEVEL EXAM LATEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
You and your partner just ran a patient with trauma to the head
and face. Following the call, the patient's family informed you that
the patient is HIV positive. According to the Ryan White Act, the
hospital must notify the designated infection control officer within
how many hours? - ANSWER-48
Which of the following is not one of the three steps of
decontamination?
Increase in excess toxin break down
Reduction of absorption of toxin by the body
Increase in elimination of toxin
Reduction of toxin intake - ANSWER-After ABC stabilization of the
patient, treatment for a toxic exposure focuses on
decontamination. The three steps of decontamination are:
reduction of toxin intake, reduction of absorption of toxin by the
body, and increase in elimination of the toxin.
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Radioactive material that has traveled from a nuclear detonation
and can result in radioactive exposure is known as?
Fallout
Sediment
Particulate
Dust - ANSWER-fallout
When cutting the battery cables of a vehicle, which cable should
be cut last?
Positive battery cable
Engine compartment battery cable
Negative battery cable
Black battery cable - ANSWER-After cutting the negative battery
cable (which breaks the electrical circuit), the positive battery
cable should be cut.
You are the landing zone supervisor for a multiple vehicle pile up
on the interstate. You have directed your crew to set up a
100'x100' landing zone. The crew has cleared the landing zone of
any debris and ensured that the emergency vehicles are parked
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clear of the landing zone. The landing zone is marked by four
cones. You direct the crew to place a fifth cone where?
Upwind of the landing zone
South of the landing zone
North of the landing zone
Downwind of the landing zone - ANSWER-Upwind of the landing
zone
Loading a patient into a helicopter while the engine is off and the
rotors are not in motion is known as a?
Cold load
Hot load
Slow load
Fast load - ANSWER-cold load
Which of the following substances is a nerve agent?
Sarin
Chlorine gas
Sulfur mustard
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Ricin - ANSWER-sarin
The lowest temperature at which the vapor of a liquid can be
ignited is known as?
Flash point
Vapor point
Autoignition point
Boiling point - ANSWER-When an ignition source is present, the
flash point is the lowest temperature that a liquid can be ignited.
An autoignition point does not require an external ignition source.
The boiling point is the temperature at which a liquid will boil and
has nothing to do with ignition.
After directing the walking wounded to a safe location, what
should you do next when utilizing the JumpSTART triage system?
Move infants and young children (who cannot understand verbal
commands) to the treatment area
Begin transport of the walking wounded so the patient's parents
can pick them up at the designated hospital
Begin treatment of the walking wounded in the treatment area
SOUTHERN NEVADA HEALTH DISTRICT’S PROTOCOL EXAM FOR
EMS (EMT BASIC) LEVEL EXAM LATEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
You and your partner just ran a patient with trauma to the head
and face. Following the call, the patient's family informed you that
the patient is HIV positive. According to the Ryan White Act, the
hospital must notify the designated infection control officer within
how many hours? - ANSWER-48
Which of the following is not one of the three steps of
decontamination?
Increase in excess toxin break down
Reduction of absorption of toxin by the body
Increase in elimination of toxin
Reduction of toxin intake - ANSWER-After ABC stabilization of the
patient, treatment for a toxic exposure focuses on
decontamination. The three steps of decontamination are:
reduction of toxin intake, reduction of absorption of toxin by the
body, and increase in elimination of the toxin.
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Radioactive material that has traveled from a nuclear detonation
and can result in radioactive exposure is known as?
Fallout
Sediment
Particulate
Dust - ANSWER-fallout
When cutting the battery cables of a vehicle, which cable should
be cut last?
Positive battery cable
Engine compartment battery cable
Negative battery cable
Black battery cable - ANSWER-After cutting the negative battery
cable (which breaks the electrical circuit), the positive battery
cable should be cut.
You are the landing zone supervisor for a multiple vehicle pile up
on the interstate. You have directed your crew to set up a
100'x100' landing zone. The crew has cleared the landing zone of
any debris and ensured that the emergency vehicles are parked
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clear of the landing zone. The landing zone is marked by four
cones. You direct the crew to place a fifth cone where?
Upwind of the landing zone
South of the landing zone
North of the landing zone
Downwind of the landing zone - ANSWER-Upwind of the landing
zone
Loading a patient into a helicopter while the engine is off and the
rotors are not in motion is known as a?
Cold load
Hot load
Slow load
Fast load - ANSWER-cold load
Which of the following substances is a nerve agent?
Sarin
Chlorine gas
Sulfur mustard
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Ricin - ANSWER-sarin
The lowest temperature at which the vapor of a liquid can be
ignited is known as?
Flash point
Vapor point
Autoignition point
Boiling point - ANSWER-When an ignition source is present, the
flash point is the lowest temperature that a liquid can be ignited.
An autoignition point does not require an external ignition source.
The boiling point is the temperature at which a liquid will boil and
has nothing to do with ignition.
After directing the walking wounded to a safe location, what
should you do next when utilizing the JumpSTART triage system?
Move infants and young children (who cannot understand verbal
commands) to the treatment area
Begin transport of the walking wounded so the patient's parents
can pick them up at the designated hospital
Begin treatment of the walking wounded in the treatment area
