SNHD EMT EMS PROTOCOLS EMT BASIC LEVEL
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*What would you do for a localized cold injury?
A) General wound care
B) Put a heat pack in the armpits and crotch area
C) Warm skin contact to injury
D) Heat pack directly over injury
- ans -A) General wound care
***Which Rapid Arterial Occlusion Score would prompt you to take a patient to a
stroke hospital?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
4) 5 - ans -A) 1
*Which type of aspirin [coating] can you administer at the EMT level?
A) Enteric
B) Chewable
C) Can't do it
D) Doesn't matter
- ans -B)
**What are the symptoms of a moderate allergic reaction?
A) Hives with no respiratory involvement
B) Itchy and watery eyes
C) skin reaction w/ some respiratory involvement but the patient can still
maintain good tidal volume and air exchange
D) respiratory difficulty
- ans -C) skin reaction w/ some respiratory involvement but the patient can still
maintain good tidal volume and air exchange
,*In which scenario would nitroglycerin NOT be indicated?
A) The patient is hypertensive
B) The pt has taken viagra in the past 48 hours
C) The pt has taken nitroglycerin in the last 24 hours
D) All of the above
- ans -B) The pt has taken viagra in the past 48 hours
**You have a pregnant woman in active labor in which the baby is presenting
with an arming sticking out. Which position is best for transport?
A) Trendelenburg
B) Left Lateral Recumbent
C) Right Lateral Recumbent
D) Position of comfort
- ans -B) Left Lateral Recumbent
**You arrive on scene to a dead body and bystanders are disturbed, what is the
correct way to cover the body?
A) With a clean sterile burn sheet
B) With a trauma blanket
C) With a regular white sheet
D) All of the above
- ans -A) With a clean sterile burn sheet
**Which of the following is NOT part of the SAFER acronym?
A) Stabilize the situation
B) Assess the Situation/Crisis
C) Facilitate the contact of recourses
D) Restrain - ans -D) Restrain
*How many miles away from a trauma center would you have to be to just
transport the patient to the nearest hospital?
, A) 20
B) 30
C) 40
D) 50 - ans -D) 50
**In which scenario would you be able to transport/move a dead body?
A) Permission from coroner
B) protect the body
C) assess patient
D) all of the above
- ans -A) Permission from the coroner
You can do all of the above IF you have permission from the coroner.
**You arrive on scene to a male PT who has a valid POLST and is experiencing
respiratory distress and hypotension. What do you do?
A) Listen to the requests of next of kin
B) Provide emotional support and comfort
C) Immediately leave
D) Provide pain management and comfort to patient, but do not engage in any
life-saving interventions
- ans -D)
*You arrive on scene to a pulseless and apneic patient who has a DNR, what do
you do?
A) Try to verify the validity of the DNR
B) Contact medical direction for next steps
C) Make sure patient and family really understand what their DNR means
D) Begin CPR
- ans -A)
*Which of the following might indicate shock in a pediatric patient?
A) A strong, slow pulse
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CORRECT ANSWERS
*What would you do for a localized cold injury?
A) General wound care
B) Put a heat pack in the armpits and crotch area
C) Warm skin contact to injury
D) Heat pack directly over injury
- ans -A) General wound care
***Which Rapid Arterial Occlusion Score would prompt you to take a patient to a
stroke hospital?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
4) 5 - ans -A) 1
*Which type of aspirin [coating] can you administer at the EMT level?
A) Enteric
B) Chewable
C) Can't do it
D) Doesn't matter
- ans -B)
**What are the symptoms of a moderate allergic reaction?
A) Hives with no respiratory involvement
B) Itchy and watery eyes
C) skin reaction w/ some respiratory involvement but the patient can still
maintain good tidal volume and air exchange
D) respiratory difficulty
- ans -C) skin reaction w/ some respiratory involvement but the patient can still
maintain good tidal volume and air exchange
,*In which scenario would nitroglycerin NOT be indicated?
A) The patient is hypertensive
B) The pt has taken viagra in the past 48 hours
C) The pt has taken nitroglycerin in the last 24 hours
D) All of the above
- ans -B) The pt has taken viagra in the past 48 hours
**You have a pregnant woman in active labor in which the baby is presenting
with an arming sticking out. Which position is best for transport?
A) Trendelenburg
B) Left Lateral Recumbent
C) Right Lateral Recumbent
D) Position of comfort
- ans -B) Left Lateral Recumbent
**You arrive on scene to a dead body and bystanders are disturbed, what is the
correct way to cover the body?
A) With a clean sterile burn sheet
B) With a trauma blanket
C) With a regular white sheet
D) All of the above
- ans -A) With a clean sterile burn sheet
**Which of the following is NOT part of the SAFER acronym?
A) Stabilize the situation
B) Assess the Situation/Crisis
C) Facilitate the contact of recourses
D) Restrain - ans -D) Restrain
*How many miles away from a trauma center would you have to be to just
transport the patient to the nearest hospital?
, A) 20
B) 30
C) 40
D) 50 - ans -D) 50
**In which scenario would you be able to transport/move a dead body?
A) Permission from coroner
B) protect the body
C) assess patient
D) all of the above
- ans -A) Permission from the coroner
You can do all of the above IF you have permission from the coroner.
**You arrive on scene to a male PT who has a valid POLST and is experiencing
respiratory distress and hypotension. What do you do?
A) Listen to the requests of next of kin
B) Provide emotional support and comfort
C) Immediately leave
D) Provide pain management and comfort to patient, but do not engage in any
life-saving interventions
- ans -D)
*You arrive on scene to a pulseless and apneic patient who has a DNR, what do
you do?
A) Try to verify the validity of the DNR
B) Contact medical direction for next steps
C) Make sure patient and family really understand what their DNR means
D) Begin CPR
- ans -A)
*Which of the following might indicate shock in a pediatric patient?
A) A strong, slow pulse
