EMD Dispatcher Test Questions With Complete Solutions
A high school teacher reports that a 16 year-old student
accidentally cut her finger off in the workshop. There is some
bleeding, but the bleeding is NOT serious. The patient is alert,
and the accident happened about 5 minutes ago. What is the
most appropriate Determinant Code? Correct Answer 30-A-2
(not dangerous body area)
a second party caller reports that a 45 year old female has been
bitten by a snake. Key Questioning finds: snake is now dead,
patient is alert, no difficulty breathing or swallowing.
What is the most appropriate Determinant Code? Correct
Answer 2-D-4 (snakebite)
A second-party caller is report that her 11 year-old son burned
his hand and arm when a recreational firework went off in his
hand. Key questioning finds: completely alert, nothing currently
burning or smoldering, no difficulty breathing, happened 10
mins ago, hand and arm burned (no other injuries reported)
What is the most appropriate Determinant code? Correct
Answer 7-A-1W (burns <18% of body, w/fireworks)
A second-party caller is reporting an assault on a 26 year-old
male patient. Key Questioning finds: NO serious bleeding,
completely alert, injuries to head and chest, NO difficulty
breathing (breathing normally), happened 30 mins ago
What is the most appropriate Determinant Code? Correct
Answer 4-B-1A (possibly dangerous body area w/ assault)
, A second-party caller is reporting that her 10 year-old daughter
accidentally cut herself with a sharp knife and is now bleeding
all over. The patient is awake and breathing. In response to Key
Question 1 on Protocol 21, the caller reports that the patient is
bleeding from her cheek. What should you do next? Correct
Answer Ask Key Question 2
A second-party caller reports that a 28 year-old female has just
been struck by lightning. The patient is currently unconscious
and NOT breathing at all. What pathway should be selected on
Protocol C, Panel 4? Correct Answer Ventilations (V) 1st
A second-party caller reports that an unconscious man is
slumped over the steering wheel of his car in a parking lot of her
apartment complex. The caller does NOT know if the patient is
breathing. A note attached to the driver's side of the window
says "Warning! Dangerous chemicals inside!" What is the most
appropriate Determinant Code? Correct Answer Protocol 8:
Carbon Monoxide/Inhalation/Hazmat/CBRN
A second-party caller reports that her 42 year-old husband is
currently having a seizure. During Case Entry, the caller reports
taht the patient is NOT awake and is NOT breathing, but is still
seizing. What is the most appropriate Determinant Code?
Correct Answer Protocol 12: Convulsions/Seizures
A second-party caller reports that her 81 year-old just fell
(ground level) and may have broken her hip. During Case Entry,
the caller reports the patient is awake and breathing. In response
to Key Question 2 on Protocol 17, the caller reports that the
A high school teacher reports that a 16 year-old student
accidentally cut her finger off in the workshop. There is some
bleeding, but the bleeding is NOT serious. The patient is alert,
and the accident happened about 5 minutes ago. What is the
most appropriate Determinant Code? Correct Answer 30-A-2
(not dangerous body area)
a second party caller reports that a 45 year old female has been
bitten by a snake. Key Questioning finds: snake is now dead,
patient is alert, no difficulty breathing or swallowing.
What is the most appropriate Determinant Code? Correct
Answer 2-D-4 (snakebite)
A second-party caller is report that her 11 year-old son burned
his hand and arm when a recreational firework went off in his
hand. Key questioning finds: completely alert, nothing currently
burning or smoldering, no difficulty breathing, happened 10
mins ago, hand and arm burned (no other injuries reported)
What is the most appropriate Determinant code? Correct
Answer 7-A-1W (burns <18% of body, w/fireworks)
A second-party caller is reporting an assault on a 26 year-old
male patient. Key Questioning finds: NO serious bleeding,
completely alert, injuries to head and chest, NO difficulty
breathing (breathing normally), happened 30 mins ago
What is the most appropriate Determinant Code? Correct
Answer 4-B-1A (possibly dangerous body area w/ assault)
, A second-party caller is reporting that her 10 year-old daughter
accidentally cut herself with a sharp knife and is now bleeding
all over. The patient is awake and breathing. In response to Key
Question 1 on Protocol 21, the caller reports that the patient is
bleeding from her cheek. What should you do next? Correct
Answer Ask Key Question 2
A second-party caller reports that a 28 year-old female has just
been struck by lightning. The patient is currently unconscious
and NOT breathing at all. What pathway should be selected on
Protocol C, Panel 4? Correct Answer Ventilations (V) 1st
A second-party caller reports that an unconscious man is
slumped over the steering wheel of his car in a parking lot of her
apartment complex. The caller does NOT know if the patient is
breathing. A note attached to the driver's side of the window
says "Warning! Dangerous chemicals inside!" What is the most
appropriate Determinant Code? Correct Answer Protocol 8:
Carbon Monoxide/Inhalation/Hazmat/CBRN
A second-party caller reports that her 42 year-old husband is
currently having a seizure. During Case Entry, the caller reports
taht the patient is NOT awake and is NOT breathing, but is still
seizing. What is the most appropriate Determinant Code?
Correct Answer Protocol 12: Convulsions/Seizures
A second-party caller reports that her 81 year-old just fell
(ground level) and may have broken her hip. During Case Entry,
the caller reports the patient is awake and breathing. In response
to Key Question 2 on Protocol 17, the caller reports that the
