Emergency Medical Dispatch Exam
2025 Questions and Answers
All Callers Interrogation - --Answer --used to determine dispatch and pre-
arrival instructions
Individual Chief Complaint Guidecard - --Answer --used to determine the
type and severity of the medical emergency
Scripted Medical Instructions - --Answer --provided when patients need
immediate care to save their lives
Individual Chief Complaints - --Answer --medical problem; an illness, acute
or chronic
Traumatic Incident - --Answer --physical injury caused by accident or
violence
Time/Life Critical - --Answer --highly dangerous events such as heart
attack/choking/childbirth
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, hysteria threshold - --Answer --emotional state that prevents callers from
being focused
breach of duty - --Answer --failure to act according to the standard of care
established by the community
proximate cause - --Answer --direct relationship between action/inaction
and injury
simple negligence - --Answer --didn't mean for it to happen!
gross negligence - --Answer --didn't care if it did happen!
criminal negligence - --Answer --planned for it to happen!
compensatory damages - --Answer --repay plaintiffs for actual losses
punitive damages - --Answer --awarded to punish a defendant
BLS Cold - --Answer --resource with basic life support capability, dispatched
and told to respond in a normal response mode
BLS Hot - --Answer --resource with basic life support capability dispatched
and told to respond in an emergency response mode
ALS Hot - --Answer --resource with advanced life support capability
dispatched and told to respond in an emergency response mode
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2025 Questions and Answers
All Callers Interrogation - --Answer --used to determine dispatch and pre-
arrival instructions
Individual Chief Complaint Guidecard - --Answer --used to determine the
type and severity of the medical emergency
Scripted Medical Instructions - --Answer --provided when patients need
immediate care to save their lives
Individual Chief Complaints - --Answer --medical problem; an illness, acute
or chronic
Traumatic Incident - --Answer --physical injury caused by accident or
violence
Time/Life Critical - --Answer --highly dangerous events such as heart
attack/choking/childbirth
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, hysteria threshold - --Answer --emotional state that prevents callers from
being focused
breach of duty - --Answer --failure to act according to the standard of care
established by the community
proximate cause - --Answer --direct relationship between action/inaction
and injury
simple negligence - --Answer --didn't mean for it to happen!
gross negligence - --Answer --didn't care if it did happen!
criminal negligence - --Answer --planned for it to happen!
compensatory damages - --Answer --repay plaintiffs for actual losses
punitive damages - --Answer --awarded to punish a defendant
BLS Cold - --Answer --resource with basic life support capability, dispatched
and told to respond in a normal response mode
BLS Hot - --Answer --resource with basic life support capability dispatched
and told to respond in an emergency response mode
ALS Hot - --Answer --resource with advanced life support capability
dispatched and told to respond in an emergency response mode
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