EMD Review
A caller is reporting a fight in the schoolyard. One victim was hit in the head and is now
unconscious. In Protocol 4, how many Key Questions are you asking? - ANS-a. All of them. You
ask every question unless the answer is obvious or spontaneously given.
b. None. You immediately dispatch 4-D-2 and go to PDI's and then follow the DLS Link.
c. Three. After initiating dispatch, you will return to ask Key Questions 1 thru 3 before going to
PDI's and DLS links. ***
A caller is reporting a shooting. The suspect has left the scene and the caller is caring fo rthe
single victim who was shot once in the chest. The patient is completely alert but having difficulty
breathing. The caller also reports there is serious bleeding. What is the appropriate determinant
code? - ANS-a. 27-B-3
b. 27-B-2
c. 27-D-4 ***
A caller is reporting construction worker fell off the roof of a commercial building. The caller
estimates the patient fell approximately 35 feet. The patient is awake and breathing, with
multiple fractures and SERIOUS bleeding. What is the correct determinant code? - ANS-a.
17-B-2
b. 17-D-1 ***
c. 17-D-6
A caller is reporting their loved one is acting suicidal - ANS-
A caller reports a patient has been bitten on their foot by a snake. The patient is awake and
breathing normally with no other symptoms. What is the appropriate determinant code? -
ANS-a. 3-a-1
b. 2-d-4 ***
c. 2-d-1
A caller reports a tiger got loose from its cage at the zoo and has attacked a patron. The caller
was able to run into a bathroom to hide but can hear both the victim and the tiger still outside.
Which PDI's would you give? - ANS-a. PDI A and PDI B ***
b. PDI A and PDI B and PDI C
c. PDI A only
A caller reports a worker was electrocuted while replacing some wiring. The patient is
unconscious but breathing. The caller can see significant burns on the patient's hands. The
caller is unable to tell if the power has been turned off and one wire is still in the contact with the
patient. After providing PDI's which DLS link should the EMD go to? - ANS-a. X-1, X-3
b. NABC-1
c. X-7 ***
A caller reports her son accidently got some liquid white out in his right eye. The patient is
completely alert with no other symptoms. What is the appropriate determinant code? - ANS-a.
16-B-1
b. 8-C-1
, c. 16-A-1 ***
A caller reports she is pregnant and having abdominal pain. In response to key question number
one, protocol 24, she indicates she is 22 weeks long. How many additional key questions with
the EMD need to ask? - ANS-a. Three (#4, #5, and #6)
b. Five (#2, #3, #4, #5, #6)
c. Two (#5 and #6) ***
A Chest pain patient with pale skin is considered to be changing color - ANS-a. True
b. false ***
A question with the pre-question qualifier "(Female 12-50)" should be - ANS-a. always
b. only when the caller reports that the patient is a female b/t the ages of 12 and 50 ***
c. only when the patient is male and younger than 12 or older than 50
A second-party caller reports that his 8-year-old sister is currently having a seizure. The patient
is not awake and not breathing. What is the best Chief Complaint Protocol? (Refer to MPDDS
Chief Complaint Classification Table). - ANS-a. 6 Breaching problems
b. 9 - Cardiac or Respiratory Arrest/Death
c. 12 - Convulsion/Seizures ***
d. 31 - Unconscious/Fainting (Near)
All actual response assignments and emergency modes are: - ANS-a. dictated by the IAEMD
Council of Standards
b. listed on the MPDS Response Grid
c. predetermined by local Medical Control and EMS Administration ***
All questions must be asked as written, unless the answer is obvious or has been
spontaneously provided by the caller. - ANS-a. True ***
b. false
An AED is a long way from the scene, the EMD should begin in CPR instructions for (BC-4) and
return to Protocol Z when the AED arrives - ANS-a. True ***
b. false
An alert, first-party caller reports that he was just bitten by a rattlesnake. What is the best Chief
Complaint Protocol? - ANS-a. 2 - Allergies (Reactions) / Envenomations (Stings, Bites) ***
b. 3 - Animal bites/Attacks
c. 23 - Overdose / Poisoning (ingestion)
d. 27 - Stab/Gunshot/penetrating Trauma
Caller reports his father forgot that he took his blood pressure medication this morning and took
a second dose a few minutes ago. He is now feeling light-headed. Otherwise he is completely
alert, breathing normal but a little pale. What is the appropriate determinant code? - ANS-a.
23-B-1a
b. 23-Omega-1a ***
c. 23-D-2a
During Case Entry question number #3, the caller reports her son is at the bottom of the
swimming pool. What should the EMD do next? - ANS-a. Ask the remaining Case Entry
questions, dispatch 14-E-2and then go to Protocol K
b. Dispatch 14-E-2, read PDI A and C, then go to Protocol 14
c. Dispatch 14-E-2, read PDI A and C, then return to questioning ***
A caller is reporting a fight in the schoolyard. One victim was hit in the head and is now
unconscious. In Protocol 4, how many Key Questions are you asking? - ANS-a. All of them. You
ask every question unless the answer is obvious or spontaneously given.
b. None. You immediately dispatch 4-D-2 and go to PDI's and then follow the DLS Link.
c. Three. After initiating dispatch, you will return to ask Key Questions 1 thru 3 before going to
PDI's and DLS links. ***
A caller is reporting a shooting. The suspect has left the scene and the caller is caring fo rthe
single victim who was shot once in the chest. The patient is completely alert but having difficulty
breathing. The caller also reports there is serious bleeding. What is the appropriate determinant
code? - ANS-a. 27-B-3
b. 27-B-2
c. 27-D-4 ***
A caller is reporting construction worker fell off the roof of a commercial building. The caller
estimates the patient fell approximately 35 feet. The patient is awake and breathing, with
multiple fractures and SERIOUS bleeding. What is the correct determinant code? - ANS-a.
17-B-2
b. 17-D-1 ***
c. 17-D-6
A caller is reporting their loved one is acting suicidal - ANS-
A caller reports a patient has been bitten on their foot by a snake. The patient is awake and
breathing normally with no other symptoms. What is the appropriate determinant code? -
ANS-a. 3-a-1
b. 2-d-4 ***
c. 2-d-1
A caller reports a tiger got loose from its cage at the zoo and has attacked a patron. The caller
was able to run into a bathroom to hide but can hear both the victim and the tiger still outside.
Which PDI's would you give? - ANS-a. PDI A and PDI B ***
b. PDI A and PDI B and PDI C
c. PDI A only
A caller reports a worker was electrocuted while replacing some wiring. The patient is
unconscious but breathing. The caller can see significant burns on the patient's hands. The
caller is unable to tell if the power has been turned off and one wire is still in the contact with the
patient. After providing PDI's which DLS link should the EMD go to? - ANS-a. X-1, X-3
b. NABC-1
c. X-7 ***
A caller reports her son accidently got some liquid white out in his right eye. The patient is
completely alert with no other symptoms. What is the appropriate determinant code? - ANS-a.
16-B-1
b. 8-C-1
, c. 16-A-1 ***
A caller reports she is pregnant and having abdominal pain. In response to key question number
one, protocol 24, she indicates she is 22 weeks long. How many additional key questions with
the EMD need to ask? - ANS-a. Three (#4, #5, and #6)
b. Five (#2, #3, #4, #5, #6)
c. Two (#5 and #6) ***
A Chest pain patient with pale skin is considered to be changing color - ANS-a. True
b. false ***
A question with the pre-question qualifier "(Female 12-50)" should be - ANS-a. always
b. only when the caller reports that the patient is a female b/t the ages of 12 and 50 ***
c. only when the patient is male and younger than 12 or older than 50
A second-party caller reports that his 8-year-old sister is currently having a seizure. The patient
is not awake and not breathing. What is the best Chief Complaint Protocol? (Refer to MPDDS
Chief Complaint Classification Table). - ANS-a. 6 Breaching problems
b. 9 - Cardiac or Respiratory Arrest/Death
c. 12 - Convulsion/Seizures ***
d. 31 - Unconscious/Fainting (Near)
All actual response assignments and emergency modes are: - ANS-a. dictated by the IAEMD
Council of Standards
b. listed on the MPDS Response Grid
c. predetermined by local Medical Control and EMS Administration ***
All questions must be asked as written, unless the answer is obvious or has been
spontaneously provided by the caller. - ANS-a. True ***
b. false
An AED is a long way from the scene, the EMD should begin in CPR instructions for (BC-4) and
return to Protocol Z when the AED arrives - ANS-a. True ***
b. false
An alert, first-party caller reports that he was just bitten by a rattlesnake. What is the best Chief
Complaint Protocol? - ANS-a. 2 - Allergies (Reactions) / Envenomations (Stings, Bites) ***
b. 3 - Animal bites/Attacks
c. 23 - Overdose / Poisoning (ingestion)
d. 27 - Stab/Gunshot/penetrating Trauma
Caller reports his father forgot that he took his blood pressure medication this morning and took
a second dose a few minutes ago. He is now feeling light-headed. Otherwise he is completely
alert, breathing normal but a little pale. What is the appropriate determinant code? - ANS-a.
23-B-1a
b. 23-Omega-1a ***
c. 23-D-2a
During Case Entry question number #3, the caller reports her son is at the bottom of the
swimming pool. What should the EMD do next? - ANS-a. Ask the remaining Case Entry
questions, dispatch 14-E-2and then go to Protocol K
b. Dispatch 14-E-2, read PDI A and C, then go to Protocol 14
c. Dispatch 14-E-2, read PDI A and C, then return to questioning ***
