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SNHD EMT PARAMEDIC PROTOCOL 2025 EXAM
LATEST ACTUAL EXAM 250 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+
What is the GOAL of the protocol manual?
(Forward 5, 6) - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ The GOAL is to
STANDARDIZE prehospital patient care in Clark County.
What does OEMSTS stand for?
(Forward 5, 6) - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Office of EMS &
Trauma System
When should you fill out a Protocol Deviation form?
(Forward 5, 6) - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ When the
provider feels the administration of an ordered
medication would endanger the patient, a medication is
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not available, or a physician's orders is outside the
protocol.
What is the definition of a patient?
(Forward 5, 6) - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ A patient is any
individual that meets at least one of the following
criteria:
- a person who has a complaint or mechanism suggestive
of potential illness or injury
- a person who has obvious evidence of illness or injury
- a person identified by any informed 2nd or 3rd party
caller as requiring evaluation for potential illness or
injury
Who is considered a pediatric patient?
(Forward 5, 6) - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Patients under 18
yo and for patients who do not show signs of puberty
(including chest hair or underarm hair on males & any
breast development in females).
Where should you take sexual assault victims?
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(General Adult Assessment Protocol 11, 12) -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ - Victims under 13 yo should be
transported to Sunrise Hospital
- Victims 13 yo to 18 yo should be transported to
Sunrise Hospital or UMC
- Victims 18 yo and older should be transported to UMC
* Victims outside a 50 mile radius from Sunrise Hospital
and UMC should be transported to the nearest
appropriate facility
What is the Waiting Room Criteria?
(General Adult Assessment Protocol 11, 12) -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ 1. Normal vital signs
2. Did not receive any parenteral medication during
EMS transport except for a single dose of analgesia
&/or antiemetic
3. Does not require continuous cardiac monitoring
4. Can maintain a sitting position without adverse impact
on their medical condition
5. Is left with a verbal report to hospital personnel
*patients cannot be on a L2K
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What are you immediate treatments for:
- suspected tension pneumothorax
- sucking chest wound
- control active hemorrhaging
- obvious fractures
- suspected traumatic brain injury
- open wounds
(General Adult Trauma Assessment Protocol 13, 14) -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ - suspected tension pneumothorax
→ needle decompression
- sucking chest wound → apply 3 sided occlusive
dressing
- control active hemorrhaging → hemorrhage control
- obvious fractures → immobilize fracture and assess
distal pulses
- suspected traumatic brain injury → capnography
(ETCO2 35mmHg)
- open wounds → cover with gauze; wet trauma
dressing for abdominal evisceration
When should you do a 12 Lead ECG?
SNHD EMT PARAMEDIC PROTOCOL 2025 EXAM
LATEST ACTUAL EXAM 250 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+
What is the GOAL of the protocol manual?
(Forward 5, 6) - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ The GOAL is to
STANDARDIZE prehospital patient care in Clark County.
What does OEMSTS stand for?
(Forward 5, 6) - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Office of EMS &
Trauma System
When should you fill out a Protocol Deviation form?
(Forward 5, 6) - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ When the
provider feels the administration of an ordered
medication would endanger the patient, a medication is
,2|Page
not available, or a physician's orders is outside the
protocol.
What is the definition of a patient?
(Forward 5, 6) - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ A patient is any
individual that meets at least one of the following
criteria:
- a person who has a complaint or mechanism suggestive
of potential illness or injury
- a person who has obvious evidence of illness or injury
- a person identified by any informed 2nd or 3rd party
caller as requiring evaluation for potential illness or
injury
Who is considered a pediatric patient?
(Forward 5, 6) - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Patients under 18
yo and for patients who do not show signs of puberty
(including chest hair or underarm hair on males & any
breast development in females).
Where should you take sexual assault victims?
,3|Page
(General Adult Assessment Protocol 11, 12) -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ - Victims under 13 yo should be
transported to Sunrise Hospital
- Victims 13 yo to 18 yo should be transported to
Sunrise Hospital or UMC
- Victims 18 yo and older should be transported to UMC
* Victims outside a 50 mile radius from Sunrise Hospital
and UMC should be transported to the nearest
appropriate facility
What is the Waiting Room Criteria?
(General Adult Assessment Protocol 11, 12) -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ 1. Normal vital signs
2. Did not receive any parenteral medication during
EMS transport except for a single dose of analgesia
&/or antiemetic
3. Does not require continuous cardiac monitoring
4. Can maintain a sitting position without adverse impact
on their medical condition
5. Is left with a verbal report to hospital personnel
*patients cannot be on a L2K
, 4|Page
What are you immediate treatments for:
- suspected tension pneumothorax
- sucking chest wound
- control active hemorrhaging
- obvious fractures
- suspected traumatic brain injury
- open wounds
(General Adult Trauma Assessment Protocol 13, 14) -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ - suspected tension pneumothorax
→ needle decompression
- sucking chest wound → apply 3 sided occlusive
dressing
- control active hemorrhaging → hemorrhage control
- obvious fractures → immobilize fracture and assess
distal pulses
- suspected traumatic brain injury → capnography
(ETCO2 35mmHg)
- open wounds → cover with gauze; wet trauma
dressing for abdominal evisceration
When should you do a 12 Lead ECG?
