Comprehensive Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) Course v14 MPDS
study guide with verified answers, key concepts, protocols,
determinants, DLS, PAIs, and exam preparation notes.
## Patient Care & Chain of Survival
1. The six links of the patient care chain of survival are:
✔ Recognition and response activation
✔ Early CPR
✔ Rapid defibrillation
✔ Advanced resuscitation
✔ Post–cardiac arrest care
✔ Recovery
## Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Fundamentals
2. T or F: EMDS are trained medical professionals
✔ TRUE
3. A question with the pre-question qualifier “(female 12–50)” should be asked:
✔ Only when the caller reports the patient is a female between 12 and 50 years of age
4. T or F: Key questions must be asked in order as written
✔ TRUE
, ## Dispatch Life Support (DLS)
5. Dispatch Life Support (DLS) links:
✔ Provide care instructions and direct the EMD to appropriate Pre-Arrival Instructions (PAIs) or
Case Exit Instructions
16. T or F: Although DLS incorporates concepts from both BLS and ALS, it is actually a unique
form of medical practice
✔ TRUE
26. Dispatch Life Support (DLS):
✔ The provision of care and links to appropriate PAIs or Case Exit Instructions
## MPDS Key Questions & Protocol Rules
6. T or F: It is appropriate to alter the wording of Key Question 7 on Protocol 5
✔ FALSE
7. Words printed in ALL UPPERCASE text in MPDS key questions indicate:
✔ A definition is available in the Additional Information (AI) section
8. T or F: If a second-party caller cannot confirm breathing, the patient is considered NOT
breathing
✔ TRUE
## Seizures & Special Situations
study guide with verified answers, key concepts, protocols,
determinants, DLS, PAIs, and exam preparation notes.
## Patient Care & Chain of Survival
1. The six links of the patient care chain of survival are:
✔ Recognition and response activation
✔ Early CPR
✔ Rapid defibrillation
✔ Advanced resuscitation
✔ Post–cardiac arrest care
✔ Recovery
## Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) Fundamentals
2. T or F: EMDS are trained medical professionals
✔ TRUE
3. A question with the pre-question qualifier “(female 12–50)” should be asked:
✔ Only when the caller reports the patient is a female between 12 and 50 years of age
4. T or F: Key questions must be asked in order as written
✔ TRUE
, ## Dispatch Life Support (DLS)
5. Dispatch Life Support (DLS) links:
✔ Provide care instructions and direct the EMD to appropriate Pre-Arrival Instructions (PAIs) or
Case Exit Instructions
16. T or F: Although DLS incorporates concepts from both BLS and ALS, it is actually a unique
form of medical practice
✔ TRUE
26. Dispatch Life Support (DLS):
✔ The provision of care and links to appropriate PAIs or Case Exit Instructions
## MPDS Key Questions & Protocol Rules
6. T or F: It is appropriate to alter the wording of Key Question 7 on Protocol 5
✔ FALSE
7. Words printed in ALL UPPERCASE text in MPDS key questions indicate:
✔ A definition is available in the Additional Information (AI) section
8. T or F: If a second-party caller cannot confirm breathing, the patient is considered NOT
breathing
✔ TRUE
## Seizures & Special Situations
