EMD V14 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025/2026
✔✔Protocol 10 - ✔✔Pressure, tightness, discomfort, present in the arm(s), jaw, neck, or
upper back should be handled on ________________
✔✔Below - ✔✔Pain described as AT the level of the navel should be considered
___________ the navel.
✔✔Difficulty speaking between breaths - ✔✔Unable to complete a full sentence without
taking a breath
✔✔SWARMING Attack - ✔✔An active attack by a swarm of stinging bees, wasps,
hornets, etc.
✔✔MAULING (Savaging) - ✔✔An attack that produces serious, multiple wounds or
injuries, as opposed to a single or limited number of bites.
✔✔SERIOUS Hemorrhage - ✔✔Uncontrolled bleeding (spurting or pouring) from any
area.
✔✔direct pressure (bleeding control) - ✔✔In cases of traumatic arrest involving
SERIOUS hemorrhage, _________________ on external wounds by a second rescuer,
while CPR is initiated by a primary rescuer, may increase patient survival.
✔✔Head tilt - ✔✔The ________________ is the only recognized method of airway
control in the PAI dispatch environment.
✔✔Avoided - ✔✔When possible, direct pressure on the would should be ____________
in the presence of visible fractured bone or foreign objects.
✔✔NON-TRAUMATIC - ✔✔Not primarily caused by an external physical injury
✔✔"Hurts to breathe" - ✔✔First Law or Chest or Back Pain: ______________ is not
considered difficulty or abnormal breathing.
✔✔"Do what the doctor has instructed for these type of situations" - ✔✔If the caller asks
whether the patient should be given their medication, the ED should respond.
✔✔Sitting up position - ✔✔The ____________________ is usually best for alert
patients with any breathing difficulty.
✔✔NON-RECENT - ✔✔Six hours or more have passed since the incident or injury
occurred.
, ✔✔RULE OF NINES - ✔✔Use the __________________ to determine the approximate
size of the burn for response assignment purposes.
✔✔HAZMAT - ✔✔An incident involving a gas, liquid or other material that, in any
quantity, poses a threat to life, health or property.
✔✔Protocol 23 - ✔✔For recreational inhalation of potentially harmful substances, go to
_______________________.
✔✔Danger abounds - ✔✔One patient down, trouble around?
Two patients down, coincident found?
Three patients down, ______________!!
✔✔Obvious death criteria - ✔✔Cold and stiff in a warm environment, decapitation,
decomposition, incineration, NON-RECENT death, sever injuries incompatible with life.
✔✔DNR - ✔✔(Do Not Resuscitate) An order that tells medical professionals not to
perform CPR.
✔✔airway obstruction - ✔✔A healthy child found in cardiac arrest is considered to have
a ________________ until proven otherwise.
✔✔Protocol 12 - ✔✔When the complaint description strongly suggests GENERALIZED
seizure, go to _________________ regardless of consciousness and breathing status.
✔✔AED - ✔✔Automated external defibrillator, might also be called "shock box".
✔✔Protocol 30 - ✔✔For chest pain due to trauma (current or non-recent) go to
___________________.
✔✔Awake, talking, and responding (functionally alert) - ✔✔Use of the Aspirin Diagnostic
& Instruction Tool may be considered when a patient is reported to be not alert but is
known to be _________________________.
✔✔Over 16, alert, not pregnant, no reported STROKE symptoms - ✔✔Qualifications to
take aspirin
✔✔COMPLETE Obstruction - ✔✔Prevents talking, breathing, or coughing
✔✔Back slaps - ✔✔Are not recommended in the DLS environment for a choking
patient.
2025/2026
✔✔Protocol 10 - ✔✔Pressure, tightness, discomfort, present in the arm(s), jaw, neck, or
upper back should be handled on ________________
✔✔Below - ✔✔Pain described as AT the level of the navel should be considered
___________ the navel.
✔✔Difficulty speaking between breaths - ✔✔Unable to complete a full sentence without
taking a breath
✔✔SWARMING Attack - ✔✔An active attack by a swarm of stinging bees, wasps,
hornets, etc.
✔✔MAULING (Savaging) - ✔✔An attack that produces serious, multiple wounds or
injuries, as opposed to a single or limited number of bites.
✔✔SERIOUS Hemorrhage - ✔✔Uncontrolled bleeding (spurting or pouring) from any
area.
✔✔direct pressure (bleeding control) - ✔✔In cases of traumatic arrest involving
SERIOUS hemorrhage, _________________ on external wounds by a second rescuer,
while CPR is initiated by a primary rescuer, may increase patient survival.
✔✔Head tilt - ✔✔The ________________ is the only recognized method of airway
control in the PAI dispatch environment.
✔✔Avoided - ✔✔When possible, direct pressure on the would should be ____________
in the presence of visible fractured bone or foreign objects.
✔✔NON-TRAUMATIC - ✔✔Not primarily caused by an external physical injury
✔✔"Hurts to breathe" - ✔✔First Law or Chest or Back Pain: ______________ is not
considered difficulty or abnormal breathing.
✔✔"Do what the doctor has instructed for these type of situations" - ✔✔If the caller asks
whether the patient should be given their medication, the ED should respond.
✔✔Sitting up position - ✔✔The ____________________ is usually best for alert
patients with any breathing difficulty.
✔✔NON-RECENT - ✔✔Six hours or more have passed since the incident or injury
occurred.
, ✔✔RULE OF NINES - ✔✔Use the __________________ to determine the approximate
size of the burn for response assignment purposes.
✔✔HAZMAT - ✔✔An incident involving a gas, liquid or other material that, in any
quantity, poses a threat to life, health or property.
✔✔Protocol 23 - ✔✔For recreational inhalation of potentially harmful substances, go to
_______________________.
✔✔Danger abounds - ✔✔One patient down, trouble around?
Two patients down, coincident found?
Three patients down, ______________!!
✔✔Obvious death criteria - ✔✔Cold and stiff in a warm environment, decapitation,
decomposition, incineration, NON-RECENT death, sever injuries incompatible with life.
✔✔DNR - ✔✔(Do Not Resuscitate) An order that tells medical professionals not to
perform CPR.
✔✔airway obstruction - ✔✔A healthy child found in cardiac arrest is considered to have
a ________________ until proven otherwise.
✔✔Protocol 12 - ✔✔When the complaint description strongly suggests GENERALIZED
seizure, go to _________________ regardless of consciousness and breathing status.
✔✔AED - ✔✔Automated external defibrillator, might also be called "shock box".
✔✔Protocol 30 - ✔✔For chest pain due to trauma (current or non-recent) go to
___________________.
✔✔Awake, talking, and responding (functionally alert) - ✔✔Use of the Aspirin Diagnostic
& Instruction Tool may be considered when a patient is reported to be not alert but is
known to be _________________________.
✔✔Over 16, alert, not pregnant, no reported STROKE symptoms - ✔✔Qualifications to
take aspirin
✔✔COMPLETE Obstruction - ✔✔Prevents talking, breathing, or coughing
✔✔Back slaps - ✔✔Are not recommended in the DLS environment for a choking
patient.
