EMD UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GUARANTEE A+
✔✔31: Unconscious/Fainting (near) - ✔✔48 YOM nearly fainted causing him to fall. He
is currently awake and breathing. What is the most appropriate chief complaint?
✔✔False - ✔✔For back pain and abdominal pain, the pain is a good indicator of the
seriousness of the problem. True/False
✔✔False - ✔✔According to MPDS, it is acceptable to read KQ4 on protocol 1 as "Is his
pain above the belly button or navel?" True/False
✔✔True - ✔✔All electrocution and lightning strike patients are assumed to be in cardiac
arrest until effective breathing is physically verified. True/False
✔✔1-C-4 - ✔✔25 YOF compaining of abdominal pain. She is completely alert, is
breathing effectively, nearly fainted trying to get out of bed. What is the most
appropriate determinant code?
✔✔Send a 26-A-8 or 26-A-11 response and provide the appropriate PDIs. - ✔✔10 YOF
has vomiting all morning. She is alert, breathing normally, not vomiting blood. In
response to KQ4 on Protocol 26 the caller reports that she has a stomach ache. What
should you do next?
✔✔Abnormal breathing, chest pain/discomfort of any kind, decreased level of
consciousness, and SERIOUS hemmorhage. - ✔✔The four priority symptoms are:
✔✔12: Convulsions/Seizures - ✔✔22 YOM currently having a seizure. During case
entry, the caller reports that he is not awake and not breathing but still seizing. What is
the most appropriate chief complaint?
✔✔10-D-4 - ✔✔42 YOM having chest pain. He is alert, slight difficulty breathing, no
difficulty speaking between breaths, clammy, no history of heart attack or angina, has
taken no drugs or medications in the past 12 hours. What is the most appropriate
determinant code?
✔✔a, b, d, and e - ✔✔9 YOM fell down and accidentally poked a pencil into his eye. It is
still stuck in his eye. After key questions and initiating dispatch from protocol 16, which
Post Dispatch Instruction from Protocol 16 should be given?
✔✔29-D-2m - ✔✔Pedestrian was just hit by a car. During key questioning, the caller
reports no one is pinned. The caller has no other information. What is the most
appropriate determinant code?
, ✔✔All uppercase text (all capital letters) - ✔✔MPDS words or phrase that have a
specific dispatch definition are marked using:
✔✔Send a 9-E-3 response, give PDI a and b, and return to case entry questions. -
✔✔In response to CEQ 3, the caller states she found her 16 YO son hanging by the
neck. There is no indiciation that this is an OBVIOUS DEATH and the patient is still
hanging. What should you do next?
✔✔18-A-1 - ✔✔Alert 1st party caller is reporting a severe headache. She is breathing
normally, able to talk normally, it was a gradual onset of pain, no numbness or
paralysis, and no recent change in behavior. What is the most appropriate determinant
code?
✔✔True - ✔✔All electrical burns are considered to be worse than the look externally.
True/False
✔✔True - ✔✔The head tilt is the ony recognized method of airway control in the PAI
dispatch environment. True/False
✔✔Link to panel 14 - ✔✔You are providing Childbirth-Delivery instructions on Protocol
F. In response to operant question on Panel 11, the caller reports that the baby has
stopped breathing. What should you do next?
✔✔True - ✔✔AGONAL/INEFFECTIVE/UNCERTAIN BREATHING after a seizure has
stopped after key questioning should be considered a cardiac arrest until proven
otherwise. True/False
✔✔Go to Pre Arrival Instructions on Protocol C - ✔✔After initiating a 13-D-1 response
for an adult diabetic patient who is unconsious and breathing effectively, the EMD
should provide Post Dispatch Instructions from Protocol 13 then:
✔✔2-A-1 - ✔✔An alert 15 YOM is having an allergic reaction to a single bee sting. The
patient has no difficulty breathing or swallowing, has never had a severe allergic
reaction before. What is the most appropriate determinant code?
✔✔Go to Pre Arrival Instructions on Protocol C - ✔✔After case entry interrogation, you
determine that the caller is reporting a SUSPECTED MEDICAL Areest in a 42 YOM.
After initiating a 9-E-1 response and providing Case Entry PDI-a, what should you do
next?
✔✔Protocol 6: Breathing Difficulties - ✔✔53 YOM has a partial trachestomy blockage.
The patient is awake but having difficulty breathing. Immediately after completing Case
Entry interrogation, the EMD should go to:
GUARANTEE A+
✔✔31: Unconscious/Fainting (near) - ✔✔48 YOM nearly fainted causing him to fall. He
is currently awake and breathing. What is the most appropriate chief complaint?
✔✔False - ✔✔For back pain and abdominal pain, the pain is a good indicator of the
seriousness of the problem. True/False
✔✔False - ✔✔According to MPDS, it is acceptable to read KQ4 on protocol 1 as "Is his
pain above the belly button or navel?" True/False
✔✔True - ✔✔All electrocution and lightning strike patients are assumed to be in cardiac
arrest until effective breathing is physically verified. True/False
✔✔1-C-4 - ✔✔25 YOF compaining of abdominal pain. She is completely alert, is
breathing effectively, nearly fainted trying to get out of bed. What is the most
appropriate determinant code?
✔✔Send a 26-A-8 or 26-A-11 response and provide the appropriate PDIs. - ✔✔10 YOF
has vomiting all morning. She is alert, breathing normally, not vomiting blood. In
response to KQ4 on Protocol 26 the caller reports that she has a stomach ache. What
should you do next?
✔✔Abnormal breathing, chest pain/discomfort of any kind, decreased level of
consciousness, and SERIOUS hemmorhage. - ✔✔The four priority symptoms are:
✔✔12: Convulsions/Seizures - ✔✔22 YOM currently having a seizure. During case
entry, the caller reports that he is not awake and not breathing but still seizing. What is
the most appropriate chief complaint?
✔✔10-D-4 - ✔✔42 YOM having chest pain. He is alert, slight difficulty breathing, no
difficulty speaking between breaths, clammy, no history of heart attack or angina, has
taken no drugs or medications in the past 12 hours. What is the most appropriate
determinant code?
✔✔a, b, d, and e - ✔✔9 YOM fell down and accidentally poked a pencil into his eye. It is
still stuck in his eye. After key questions and initiating dispatch from protocol 16, which
Post Dispatch Instruction from Protocol 16 should be given?
✔✔29-D-2m - ✔✔Pedestrian was just hit by a car. During key questioning, the caller
reports no one is pinned. The caller has no other information. What is the most
appropriate determinant code?
, ✔✔All uppercase text (all capital letters) - ✔✔MPDS words or phrase that have a
specific dispatch definition are marked using:
✔✔Send a 9-E-3 response, give PDI a and b, and return to case entry questions. -
✔✔In response to CEQ 3, the caller states she found her 16 YO son hanging by the
neck. There is no indiciation that this is an OBVIOUS DEATH and the patient is still
hanging. What should you do next?
✔✔18-A-1 - ✔✔Alert 1st party caller is reporting a severe headache. She is breathing
normally, able to talk normally, it was a gradual onset of pain, no numbness or
paralysis, and no recent change in behavior. What is the most appropriate determinant
code?
✔✔True - ✔✔All electrical burns are considered to be worse than the look externally.
True/False
✔✔True - ✔✔The head tilt is the ony recognized method of airway control in the PAI
dispatch environment. True/False
✔✔Link to panel 14 - ✔✔You are providing Childbirth-Delivery instructions on Protocol
F. In response to operant question on Panel 11, the caller reports that the baby has
stopped breathing. What should you do next?
✔✔True - ✔✔AGONAL/INEFFECTIVE/UNCERTAIN BREATHING after a seizure has
stopped after key questioning should be considered a cardiac arrest until proven
otherwise. True/False
✔✔Go to Pre Arrival Instructions on Protocol C - ✔✔After initiating a 13-D-1 response
for an adult diabetic patient who is unconsious and breathing effectively, the EMD
should provide Post Dispatch Instructions from Protocol 13 then:
✔✔2-A-1 - ✔✔An alert 15 YOM is having an allergic reaction to a single bee sting. The
patient has no difficulty breathing or swallowing, has never had a severe allergic
reaction before. What is the most appropriate determinant code?
✔✔Go to Pre Arrival Instructions on Protocol C - ✔✔After case entry interrogation, you
determine that the caller is reporting a SUSPECTED MEDICAL Areest in a 42 YOM.
After initiating a 9-E-1 response and providing Case Entry PDI-a, what should you do
next?
✔✔Protocol 6: Breathing Difficulties - ✔✔53 YOM has a partial trachestomy blockage.
The patient is awake but having difficulty breathing. Immediately after completing Case
Entry interrogation, the EMD should go to:
