MPDS: Other Rules/Axioms and Important Information
questions with verified answers
A healthy child found in cardiac arrest is considered to have a what?
Ans✓✓✓ Foreign body airway obstruction until proven otherwise
Agonal breathing after a seizure has stopped is considered what?
Ans✓✓✓ Cardiac arrest until proven otherwise
An unconscious person whose breathing cannot be verified by a 2nd
party caller is considered to be what? Ans✓✓✓ Cardiac arrest until
proven otherwise
If a call can fall under multiple determinant codes, is it okay to select
whichever one you want? Ans✓✓✓ Only if all the codes are under the
same priority, always select the determinant code with the highest
priority
If a caller states they are with someone who was just resuscitated or
defibrillated, which protocol will we go to? Ans✓✓✓ Protocol 19 Heart
Problems/AICD
If a patient's heart rate is we will do a second pulse check Ans✓✓✓
Slow
, If patient reports they are experiencing chest pain during interrogation
in Protocol 20, will we stay on that card? Ans✓✓✓ No, we will shunt
and go to protocol 10 as chest pain is a priority symptom
If someone falls from ground level due to a fainting spell, which
protocol will we go to? Ans✓✓✓ Protocol 31 Fainting or Near Fainting
Is severity of pain related to severity of the problem? Ans✓✓✓ No
Non-traumatic back pain associated with fainting in patients older than
50 should be considered what? Ans✓✓✓ Dissecting aortic aneurysm
until proven otherwise
Partial Choking is what priority? Ans✓✓✓ Echo
True or False: A dispatcher should question what a caller is reporting if
needed Ans✓✓✓ False: Caller's are always taken as being truthful,
never question their integrity
True or False: A sunburn should be handled under Protocol 20:
Heat/Cold Exposure Ans✓✓✓ False: As it is a burn, it should be
handled under Protocol 7
questions with verified answers
A healthy child found in cardiac arrest is considered to have a what?
Ans✓✓✓ Foreign body airway obstruction until proven otherwise
Agonal breathing after a seizure has stopped is considered what?
Ans✓✓✓ Cardiac arrest until proven otherwise
An unconscious person whose breathing cannot be verified by a 2nd
party caller is considered to be what? Ans✓✓✓ Cardiac arrest until
proven otherwise
If a call can fall under multiple determinant codes, is it okay to select
whichever one you want? Ans✓✓✓ Only if all the codes are under the
same priority, always select the determinant code with the highest
priority
If a caller states they are with someone who was just resuscitated or
defibrillated, which protocol will we go to? Ans✓✓✓ Protocol 19 Heart
Problems/AICD
If a patient's heart rate is we will do a second pulse check Ans✓✓✓
Slow
, If patient reports they are experiencing chest pain during interrogation
in Protocol 20, will we stay on that card? Ans✓✓✓ No, we will shunt
and go to protocol 10 as chest pain is a priority symptom
If someone falls from ground level due to a fainting spell, which
protocol will we go to? Ans✓✓✓ Protocol 31 Fainting or Near Fainting
Is severity of pain related to severity of the problem? Ans✓✓✓ No
Non-traumatic back pain associated with fainting in patients older than
50 should be considered what? Ans✓✓✓ Dissecting aortic aneurysm
until proven otherwise
Partial Choking is what priority? Ans✓✓✓ Echo
True or False: A dispatcher should question what a caller is reporting if
needed Ans✓✓✓ False: Caller's are always taken as being truthful,
never question their integrity
True or False: A sunburn should be handled under Protocol 20:
Heat/Cold Exposure Ans✓✓✓ False: As it is a burn, it should be
handled under Protocol 7
