EMD COURSE UPDATED COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔regulates level of blood sugar; produces enzymes that break down starches, fats
and proteins - ✔✔pancreas
✔✔two nerve types of the peripheral nervous system - ✔✔motor and sensory
✔✔parts of the urinary system - ✔✔kidneys
ureters
urinary bladder
urethra
✔✔parts of the pelvis? - ✔✔ilium
pubic symphysis
iliac crest
✔✔four major parts of the circulatory system - ✔✔heart
arteries
veins
capillaries
✔✔connect bones to bones? - ✔✔ligaments
✔✔carries oxygen to the cells? - ✔✔Red blood cells
✔✔narrowest part of the respiratory system; aka "voice box" - ✔✔larynx
✔✔connect muscles to bones? - ✔✔tendons
✔✔carry oxygenated blood to the body, away from the heart? - ✔✔arteries
✔✔characteristics described by callers about patients? - ✔✔signs
✔✔signs of shock? - ✔✔moist skin; shallow breathing; dilated pupils; decreasing
consciousness
✔✔types of shock? - ✔✔hypovolemic, hemorrhagic and anaphylactic
✔✔signs of respiratory distress? - ✔✔anxiety, cyanosis, rapid breathing, labored
appearance, sweaty, noisy respirations
✔✔characteristics described by patients about themselves? - ✔✔symptoms
, ✔✔process by which platelets break down and block holes where blood is escaping? -
✔✔clotting
✔✔inadequate tissue perfusion; aka "silent killer?" - ✔✔shock
✔✔relaxation of blood vessels, allowing blood to pool below the level of injury? -
✔✔neurogenic shock
✔✔symptoms of shock? - ✔✔"impending doom," weakness, nausea, coolness
✔✔four levels of consciousness - ✔✔alert, verbal, pain and unresponsive
✔✔signs vs. symptoms - ✔✔a sign is something that can be seen (think of stop sign-
we can see it)
a symptom is a feeling people other than the patient cannot see/feel it (ex; headache)
✔✔you are able initiate telephone CPR within ? - ✔✔first two minutes
✔✔color of guide cards - ✔✔blue= medical
red= trauma
green= time life
✔✔which of the following is a true statement about EMD? - ✔✔A) most callers are too
upset to give useful responses
B) EMDs are too busy dispatching response units to give out instructions
C) Medical advice over the telephone is dangerous
ANSWER: none of the statements are true
✔✔it is the EMDS responsibility to determine the nature and severity of the medical
incident type being reported - ✔✔true
✔✔during which phase of the dispatch function would the EMD most likely be using the
EMDPRS to ascertain the response mode - ✔✔phase 2- dispatch activity phase
✔✔what are the three call phases? - ✔✔phase 1- call receiving phase
phase 2- dispatch activity phase
phase 3- post dispatch phase
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔regulates level of blood sugar; produces enzymes that break down starches, fats
and proteins - ✔✔pancreas
✔✔two nerve types of the peripheral nervous system - ✔✔motor and sensory
✔✔parts of the urinary system - ✔✔kidneys
ureters
urinary bladder
urethra
✔✔parts of the pelvis? - ✔✔ilium
pubic symphysis
iliac crest
✔✔four major parts of the circulatory system - ✔✔heart
arteries
veins
capillaries
✔✔connect bones to bones? - ✔✔ligaments
✔✔carries oxygen to the cells? - ✔✔Red blood cells
✔✔narrowest part of the respiratory system; aka "voice box" - ✔✔larynx
✔✔connect muscles to bones? - ✔✔tendons
✔✔carry oxygenated blood to the body, away from the heart? - ✔✔arteries
✔✔characteristics described by callers about patients? - ✔✔signs
✔✔signs of shock? - ✔✔moist skin; shallow breathing; dilated pupils; decreasing
consciousness
✔✔types of shock? - ✔✔hypovolemic, hemorrhagic and anaphylactic
✔✔signs of respiratory distress? - ✔✔anxiety, cyanosis, rapid breathing, labored
appearance, sweaty, noisy respirations
✔✔characteristics described by patients about themselves? - ✔✔symptoms
, ✔✔process by which platelets break down and block holes where blood is escaping? -
✔✔clotting
✔✔inadequate tissue perfusion; aka "silent killer?" - ✔✔shock
✔✔relaxation of blood vessels, allowing blood to pool below the level of injury? -
✔✔neurogenic shock
✔✔symptoms of shock? - ✔✔"impending doom," weakness, nausea, coolness
✔✔four levels of consciousness - ✔✔alert, verbal, pain and unresponsive
✔✔signs vs. symptoms - ✔✔a sign is something that can be seen (think of stop sign-
we can see it)
a symptom is a feeling people other than the patient cannot see/feel it (ex; headache)
✔✔you are able initiate telephone CPR within ? - ✔✔first two minutes
✔✔color of guide cards - ✔✔blue= medical
red= trauma
green= time life
✔✔which of the following is a true statement about EMD? - ✔✔A) most callers are too
upset to give useful responses
B) EMDs are too busy dispatching response units to give out instructions
C) Medical advice over the telephone is dangerous
ANSWER: none of the statements are true
✔✔it is the EMDS responsibility to determine the nature and severity of the medical
incident type being reported - ✔✔true
✔✔during which phase of the dispatch function would the EMD most likely be using the
EMDPRS to ascertain the response mode - ✔✔phase 2- dispatch activity phase
✔✔what are the three call phases? - ✔✔phase 1- call receiving phase
phase 2- dispatch activity phase
phase 3- post dispatch phase
