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GPSTC Exam Questions And Answers
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How do you determine the level of consciousness? - Answer✔AVPU
What does AVPU stand for - Answer✔Alert, verbal, pain, unresponsive
What does SMCR stand for - Answer✔Sender, message, channel, receiver
What are the 3 phases of dispatching? - Answer✔1- Call receiving
2- Dispatch
3- Post- Dispatch
What is the hysteria threshold - Answer✔the caller's emotional state that prevents them from
being focused in the interrogation process
What is repetitive persistence - Answer✔the repeating of questions or instructions in the exact
same words and tone of voice until you gain control of the caller
What are the tiers of EMS providers - Answer✔1- first responders
2- BLS
3- ALS
4- Air Ambulance / Aeromedical
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What are the 4 response configurations - Answer✔1- BLS Cold
2- BLS Hot
3- ALS Hot
4- Full Response
What is the difference between hot and cold responses - Answer✔Hot- lights and sirens
Cold- no lights and sirens
Describe you role in the chain of survival - Answer✔You are the link between those who need
assistance and those who provide assistance
What is the difference between signs and symptoms - Answer✔Signs- described by callers
about patients (what you see)
Symptoms- described by patients about themselves (what you feel)
What is crisis - Answer✔a state of emotional turmoil
When is a person in crisis - Answer✔when emotions, not reasoning, are controlling the subjects
actions
What are the 4 types of crisis - Answer✔Interpersonal, intra-personal, situational, maturational
What is interpersonal crisis - Answer✔occurs between two or more subjects
What is intra-personal crisis - Answer✔occurs inside of yourself
What is situational crisis - Answer✔occurs by things around us
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GPSTC Exam Questions And Answers
|Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass
How do you determine the level of consciousness? - Answer✔AVPU
What does AVPU stand for - Answer✔Alert, verbal, pain, unresponsive
What does SMCR stand for - Answer✔Sender, message, channel, receiver
What are the 3 phases of dispatching? - Answer✔1- Call receiving
2- Dispatch
3- Post- Dispatch
What is the hysteria threshold - Answer✔the caller's emotional state that prevents them from
being focused in the interrogation process
What is repetitive persistence - Answer✔the repeating of questions or instructions in the exact
same words and tone of voice until you gain control of the caller
What are the tiers of EMS providers - Answer✔1- first responders
2- BLS
3- ALS
4- Air Ambulance / Aeromedical
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, ©BRIGHTSTARS 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 9:46 AM A+
What are the 4 response configurations - Answer✔1- BLS Cold
2- BLS Hot
3- ALS Hot
4- Full Response
What is the difference between hot and cold responses - Answer✔Hot- lights and sirens
Cold- no lights and sirens
Describe you role in the chain of survival - Answer✔You are the link between those who need
assistance and those who provide assistance
What is the difference between signs and symptoms - Answer✔Signs- described by callers
about patients (what you see)
Symptoms- described by patients about themselves (what you feel)
What is crisis - Answer✔a state of emotional turmoil
When is a person in crisis - Answer✔when emotions, not reasoning, are controlling the subjects
actions
What are the 4 types of crisis - Answer✔Interpersonal, intra-personal, situational, maturational
What is interpersonal crisis - Answer✔occurs between two or more subjects
What is intra-personal crisis - Answer✔occurs inside of yourself
What is situational crisis - Answer✔occurs by things around us
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