EMD V14 | Questions With Complete Solutions
A caller reports she is pregnant and having abdominal pain. In
response to Key Question #1, Protocol 24, she indicates she is 22
weeks along. How many additional Key Questions would the EMD
need to ask? Right Answer - c. Two (#6 and #7)
During Case Entry question #3, the caller reports her son is at the
bottom of the swimming pool. What should the EMD do next?
Right Answer - c. Dispatch 14-E-2, read PDI A and D, then return to
questioning
A caller is reporting a 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? Right Answer - b. 17-D-1
A caller is reporting a fight in the school yard. One victim was hit in
the head and is now unconscious. In Protocol 4, how many Key
Questions are you asking? Right Answer - c. Four. After
initiating dispatch, you will return to ask Key Questions 1 thru 4
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 for the 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? Right Answer - c. 27-D-4
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? Right Answer - a. PDI A and PDI B
,If the complaint description appears to be TRAUMA in nature, the
EMD should choose the protocol that: Right Answer - a. Best
addresses the mechanism of injury
An alert, first-party caller reports that he was just bitten by a
rattlesnake. What is the best Chief Complaint Protocol? Right
Answer - a. 2: Allergies (Reactions)/Envenomations (Stings, Bites)
Pre-Arrival Instructions (PAIs) must be read: Right Answer - a.
exactly as written.
The head-tilt is the only recognized method of airway control in the
PAI dispatch environment. Right Answer - a. True
In response to Key Question 1a on Protocol 12, the caller reports
that the 14-year-old patient was not alert between seizures. What
should you do next? Right Answer - d. Initiate a 12-D-2
response, provide all appropriate PDIs, and then return to
questioning.
In response to Case Entry Question 3, the caller reports that her 16-
year-old brother is on fire. What should you do next? Right
Answer - c. Initiate a 7-E-1 response, provide Case Entry PDIs a and
h, and return to questioning.
A second-party caller reports that his 8-year-old sister is currently
having what appears to be a GENERALIZED seizure. The patient is
not awake and not breathing. What is the best Chief Complaint
Protocol? Right Answer - c. 12: Convulsions/Seizures
Pre-Arrival Instructions should always be given, regardless if there
is a scene safety concern. Right Answer - b. False
, During Case Entry, the caller indicates the patient is awake, but
having INEFFECTIVE BREATHING. In Protocol 6, Key Question #1,
the caller indicates the patient is not completely alert. What should
the EMD do next? Right Answer - c. Shunt to Key Questions #4
and #5
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? Right Answer - b. 2-
D-4
If an AED is a long way from the scene, the EMD should begin CPR
instructions (BC-4) and return to Protocol Z when the AED arrives.
Right Answer - a. True
Which Pre-Arrival Protocol would you use for an unconscious, adult
choking victim? Right Answer - b. Protocol C
While providing CPR instructions via Protocol C to an adult cardiac
arrest victim, the caller reports the patient vomits just after the
instructions from panel 8 were successfully given. What should the
EMD do next? Right Answer - b. Read the instructions from
panel 15, then return to sequence
Post-Dispatch Instructions will be read as scripted but may be
enhanced with a situational or conditional statement as long as the
meaning or intent of the instruction is kept intact. Right Answer
- a. True
A question with the pre-question qualifier of female 12- 50 should
be asked Right Answer - only when the caller reports that the
patient is a female between the ages of 12 and 50
A caller reports she is pregnant and having abdominal pain. In
response to Key Question #1, Protocol 24, she indicates she is 22
weeks along. How many additional Key Questions would the EMD
need to ask? Right Answer - c. Two (#6 and #7)
During Case Entry question #3, the caller reports her son is at the
bottom of the swimming pool. What should the EMD do next?
Right Answer - c. Dispatch 14-E-2, read PDI A and D, then return to
questioning
A caller is reporting a 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? Right Answer - b. 17-D-1
A caller is reporting a fight in the school yard. One victim was hit in
the head and is now unconscious. In Protocol 4, how many Key
Questions are you asking? Right Answer - c. Four. After
initiating dispatch, you will return to ask Key Questions 1 thru 4
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 for the 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? Right Answer - c. 27-D-4
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? Right Answer - a. PDI A and PDI B
,If the complaint description appears to be TRAUMA in nature, the
EMD should choose the protocol that: Right Answer - a. Best
addresses the mechanism of injury
An alert, first-party caller reports that he was just bitten by a
rattlesnake. What is the best Chief Complaint Protocol? Right
Answer - a. 2: Allergies (Reactions)/Envenomations (Stings, Bites)
Pre-Arrival Instructions (PAIs) must be read: Right Answer - a.
exactly as written.
The head-tilt is the only recognized method of airway control in the
PAI dispatch environment. Right Answer - a. True
In response to Key Question 1a on Protocol 12, the caller reports
that the 14-year-old patient was not alert between seizures. What
should you do next? Right Answer - d. Initiate a 12-D-2
response, provide all appropriate PDIs, and then return to
questioning.
In response to Case Entry Question 3, the caller reports that her 16-
year-old brother is on fire. What should you do next? Right
Answer - c. Initiate a 7-E-1 response, provide Case Entry PDIs a and
h, and return to questioning.
A second-party caller reports that his 8-year-old sister is currently
having what appears to be a GENERALIZED seizure. The patient is
not awake and not breathing. What is the best Chief Complaint
Protocol? Right Answer - c. 12: Convulsions/Seizures
Pre-Arrival Instructions should always be given, regardless if there
is a scene safety concern. Right Answer - b. False
, During Case Entry, the caller indicates the patient is awake, but
having INEFFECTIVE BREATHING. In Protocol 6, Key Question #1,
the caller indicates the patient is not completely alert. What should
the EMD do next? Right Answer - c. Shunt to Key Questions #4
and #5
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? Right Answer - b. 2-
D-4
If an AED is a long way from the scene, the EMD should begin CPR
instructions (BC-4) and return to Protocol Z when the AED arrives.
Right Answer - a. True
Which Pre-Arrival Protocol would you use for an unconscious, adult
choking victim? Right Answer - b. Protocol C
While providing CPR instructions via Protocol C to an adult cardiac
arrest victim, the caller reports the patient vomits just after the
instructions from panel 8 were successfully given. What should the
EMD do next? Right Answer - b. Read the instructions from
panel 15, then return to sequence
Post-Dispatch Instructions will be read as scripted but may be
enhanced with a situational or conditional statement as long as the
meaning or intent of the instruction is kept intact. Right Answer
- a. True
A question with the pre-question qualifier of female 12- 50 should
be asked Right Answer - only when the caller reports that the
patient is a female between the ages of 12 and 50
