EMD Exam Questions and Answers | 100% Correct | Verified & Updated

EMD Exam Questions and Answers | 100% Correct | Verified & Updated The Academy does not consider aspirin to be a blood thinner in response to Key Question 5 on Protocol 21: "Does s/he have a bleeding disorder or is s/he on blood thinners?" A.) True B.) False - Answer- A.) True Both ECHO- and DELTA-level Determinant Codes imply potentially critical, time- sensitive situations. A.) True B.) False - Answer- A.) True ECHO Determinant Codes were created to encourage agencies to send: A.) The most cost-efficient response B.) All available responders C.) The absolute closest response of any trained crew D.) Their most highly trained paramedic - Answer- C.) The absolute closest response of any trained crew ECHO codes only exist on Chief Complaint Protocols without DELTA codes. A.) True B.) False - Answer- B.) False As a general rule, ECHO Codes are included on Chief Complaint Protocols that involve significant scene safety risks. A.) True B.) False - Answer- B.) False You will sometimes have enough information after hearing the caller's response to, "Okay, tell me exactly what happened," to immediately initiate an ECHO response for the patient. A.) True B.) False - Answer- A.) True Which of the following complaints represents a situation that, without obtaining any further information, could be properly categorized by an EMD into one of the MPDS Chief Complaint Protocols? A.) "He's just laying on the couch looking miserable. I think he's dying. Come quick! B.) "Something's wrong with my Mom. She needs an ambulance right away." C.) "My baby just swallowed a marble and it's stuck in her throat. She can't breathe at all!" D.) "He's been acting really sick since yesterday, and now he's getting even worse." - Answer- C.) "My baby just swallowed a marble and it's stuck in her throat. She can't breathe at all!" Immediately after initiating an ECHO response, you should: A.) Provide applicable Case Entry Post-Dispatch instructions. B.) Provide applicable Post-Dispatch Instructions from the corresponding Chief Complaint Protocol. C.) Return to the questioning sequence. - Answer- A.) Provide applicable Case Entry Post-Dispatch instructions. It is clearly a waste of time to ask additional Case Entry Questions and Chief Complaint Key Questions after initiating a 7-ECHO-1 response and providing PDI-a and PDI-f for person on fire. A.) True B.) False - Answer- B.) False The ECHO send point under Case Entry Question 3 for 9-E-1, "Obviously NOT BREATHING and Unconscious (non-traumatic)," applies only to: A.) non-traumatic situations when a caller reports that a patient is OBVIOUSLY dead. B.) traumatic-injury situations in which a patient is in desperate need of SPECIALIZED rescue equipment. C.) non-traumatic MEDICAL arrest situations where the caller spontaneously provides information indicating that the patient is not breathing and is also unconscious. - Answer- C.) non-traumatic MEDICAL arrest situations where the caller spontaneously provides information indicating that the patient is not breathing and is also unconscious. An INEFFECTIVE BREATHING situation, when volunteered during Case Entry, always warrants an ECHO-level response. A.) True B.) False - Answer- B.) False For cases where a patient is currently hanging by the neck, and it is not an OBVIOUS DEATH situation, you should first initiate a 9-E-3 response, provide Case Entry PDI-a, then: A.) ask if the patient is changing color and if s/he is still warn to try to determine if the patient is still alive. B.) instruct the caller not to move or touch a