MPDS QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS; GET IT 100% ACCURATE
Case Entry Rule 10 - correct answer- When the
complaint description is BREATHING RELATED
TRACHEOSTOMY problems for an unconscious patient go
to Protocol 6
How check for Agonal Breathing? - correct
answer- Check 4 breaths. Time between breaths is
>8 seconds
(A time between breaths of 8 seconds or more is
considered Ineffective breathing)
How would a code be formatted? - correct
answer- 13 - C - 2 - C
13 = CC
C = Determinant level
2 = Determinant descriptor
, C = Suffix
Name the 4 categories of patient - correct answer-
1st Party - Patient
2nd Party - Caller with patient
3rd Party - Not with patient but can provide information
4th Party - Only select when receiving calls from other
emergency services
(if it's safe a 3rd party caller can be converted to 2nd
party)
Protocol 1 - Axiom 2 - correct answer- Severity
of pain is not related to the seriousness of the problem.
Protocol 1 - Rule 1 - correct answer- Epigastric
pain (above naval)in cardiac age range patients (female
>45, male> 35)is considered a heart attack until proven
otherwise
ANSWERS; GET IT 100% ACCURATE
Case Entry Rule 10 - correct answer- When the
complaint description is BREATHING RELATED
TRACHEOSTOMY problems for an unconscious patient go
to Protocol 6
How check for Agonal Breathing? - correct
answer- Check 4 breaths. Time between breaths is
>8 seconds
(A time between breaths of 8 seconds or more is
considered Ineffective breathing)
How would a code be formatted? - correct
answer- 13 - C - 2 - C
13 = CC
C = Determinant level
2 = Determinant descriptor
, C = Suffix
Name the 4 categories of patient - correct answer-
1st Party - Patient
2nd Party - Caller with patient
3rd Party - Not with patient but can provide information
4th Party - Only select when receiving calls from other
emergency services
(if it's safe a 3rd party caller can be converted to 2nd
party)
Protocol 1 - Axiom 2 - correct answer- Severity
of pain is not related to the seriousness of the problem.
Protocol 1 - Rule 1 - correct answer- Epigastric
pain (above naval)in cardiac age range patients (female
>45, male> 35)is considered a heart attack until proven
otherwise
