MPDS EXAM PREP (ACTUAL 2025/2026) QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
Which protocols have an echo level? - ---Answers---2
(Allergies); 6 (breathing); 9 (cardiac); 11 (choking); 15
(electrocution/lightning); 31 (unconscious/fitting)
Where would you find PDIs? - ---Answers---Questions at CE;
Within protocols, Case exit instructions
What are the four age groups for CPR - ---Answers---neo-
natal care; less than 1; 1-7; 8-adult
How do we determine which protocol to use for a trauma? - --
-Answers---scene safety, mechanism of injury, priority
symptoms
Which protocols have the most shunts? - ---Answers---falls
(3) and sick person (2)
What is an avulsed tooth? - ---Answers---come out. put in
milk
Explain one reason for not giving aspirin - ---Answers---
Active stroke; not alert, under 16; allergy to aspirin; bleeding in
stools
,Symptoms of a stroke - ---Answers---Paralysis, localized
weakness, headache, numbness, slurred speech, inability to
speak (aphasia), memory loss, dizziness, blindness to one eye,
confusion, loss of consciousness, double vision, .
If a person rings for pain in shoulder/neck, which protocol do
you go to? - ---Answers---10 (chest pain)
What is the difference between the domestic and specialised
water rescue? - ---Answers---Domestic (pool etc
Specialised (river, ocean, dam)
What are some signs or words offered to identify ineffective
breathing? - ---Answers---Barely breathing, can't breathe,
fighting for air, gasping for air, just a little, making funny
noises, not breathing, turning blue or purple
When would you use a protocol 33? - ---Answers---Assessed
by doc/RN, community based setting, Going to Hospital ED
What is priority response in Protocol F9? - ---Answers---
Whatever is the highest between system and docs
recommendations
Define the 3 Acuity - ---Answers---Acuity 1 - within 30 min 2A
Acuity 2 - within 60 2B
, Acuity 3 - greater than 60 R3
URGENT- Emergency response - 1C
Difference between 1B or 1C - ---Answers---1B - highest
clinical level available
1C - any vehicle in the vicinity
All command list in A4 - ---Answers---PHELP
Questions to ask in F9 and record in comments and notes - ---
Answers---Infection (/NI - MRSA - VRE) Also Why, how, are
they, what, who else
What gives an R3 responses? - ---Answers---Hospital to
hospital
Psychiatric
Person Ill (protocol 33)
Strategies for managing difficult callers - ---Answers---
Maintain professionalism, advise you need this info, explain the
process, acknowledge their fear or anxiety, if their behaviour
is uncontrollable tell them that their behaviour is
unacceptable, escalate to supervisor
What are codes /STR and /NI mean? - ---Answers---Stretcher
and non infectious
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
Which protocols have an echo level? - ---Answers---2
(Allergies); 6 (breathing); 9 (cardiac); 11 (choking); 15
(electrocution/lightning); 31 (unconscious/fitting)
Where would you find PDIs? - ---Answers---Questions at CE;
Within protocols, Case exit instructions
What are the four age groups for CPR - ---Answers---neo-
natal care; less than 1; 1-7; 8-adult
How do we determine which protocol to use for a trauma? - --
-Answers---scene safety, mechanism of injury, priority
symptoms
Which protocols have the most shunts? - ---Answers---falls
(3) and sick person (2)
What is an avulsed tooth? - ---Answers---come out. put in
milk
Explain one reason for not giving aspirin - ---Answers---
Active stroke; not alert, under 16; allergy to aspirin; bleeding in
stools
,Symptoms of a stroke - ---Answers---Paralysis, localized
weakness, headache, numbness, slurred speech, inability to
speak (aphasia), memory loss, dizziness, blindness to one eye,
confusion, loss of consciousness, double vision, .
If a person rings for pain in shoulder/neck, which protocol do
you go to? - ---Answers---10 (chest pain)
What is the difference between the domestic and specialised
water rescue? - ---Answers---Domestic (pool etc
Specialised (river, ocean, dam)
What are some signs or words offered to identify ineffective
breathing? - ---Answers---Barely breathing, can't breathe,
fighting for air, gasping for air, just a little, making funny
noises, not breathing, turning blue or purple
When would you use a protocol 33? - ---Answers---Assessed
by doc/RN, community based setting, Going to Hospital ED
What is priority response in Protocol F9? - ---Answers---
Whatever is the highest between system and docs
recommendations
Define the 3 Acuity - ---Answers---Acuity 1 - within 30 min 2A
Acuity 2 - within 60 2B
, Acuity 3 - greater than 60 R3
URGENT- Emergency response - 1C
Difference between 1B or 1C - ---Answers---1B - highest
clinical level available
1C - any vehicle in the vicinity
All command list in A4 - ---Answers---PHELP
Questions to ask in F9 and record in comments and notes - ---
Answers---Infection (/NI - MRSA - VRE) Also Why, how, are
they, what, who else
What gives an R3 responses? - ---Answers---Hospital to
hospital
Psychiatric
Person Ill (protocol 33)
Strategies for managing difficult callers - ---Answers---
Maintain professionalism, advise you need this info, explain the
process, acknowledge their fear or anxiety, if their behaviour
is uncontrollable tell them that their behaviour is
unacceptable, escalate to supervisor
What are codes /STR and /NI mean? - ---Answers---Stretcher
and non infectious
