EMD V14 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
|| 100% GUARANTEED PASS
<BRAND NEW VERSION>
1. The six links of the patient care chain of survival are: - ANSWER ✓ 1.
recognition and response activation
early CPR
rapid defibrillation
advanced resuscitation
post cardiac arrest care
recovery
2. T or F: EMDS are trained medical professionals - ANSWER ✓ true
3. a question with the pre-question qualifier "(female 12-50)" should be asked -
ANSWER ✓ only when the caller reports that the patient is a female
between the ages of 12 and 50.
4. T or F: key questions must be asked in order as written - ANSWER ✓ true
5. DLS links: - ANSWER ✓ Direct the EMD to the appropriate Pre Arrival or
case exit instructions
6. T or F: Key Question 7 on Protocol 5 is "(>50) Did s/he faint (pass out) or
nearly faint?: Based on MPDS standards, it is appropriate to read this
question as "Did she faint, pass out, or nearly faint?" - ANSWER ✓ False
,7. Words or phrases printed in ALL UPPERCASE text in the MPDS key
questions indicate that: - ANSWER ✓ a definition is available for the word
or phrase in the Additional Information section of the protocols.
8. T or F: when a second-party caller cannot tell if the patient is breathing or
not, the patient should be considered to be NOT BREATHING until proven
otherwise - ANSWER ✓ true
9. Chief complaint - ANSWER ✓ the primary reason the patient is seeking
medical care
10.Chief complaint protocols - ANSWER ✓ Problem-specific MPDS protocols.
Chief complaint protocols function as a secondary interrogation and contain
Key Questions, Determinant Descriptors, Post-Dispatch Instructions, Critical
EMD Information, Dispatch Life Support Links, and Additional
Information.
11.Determinant Codes - ANSWER ✓ Alphanumeric response codes assigned
by combining the Chief Complaint number, the Determinant Level letter, the
Determinant Descriptor number, and the Determinant Suffix letter.
12.Dispatch Life Support (DLS) - ANSWER ✓ Providing care and Links to
appropriate PAI or exit instructions.
13.echo - ANSWER ✓ a determinant level that allows early recognition and
response initiation based on extreme conditions of breathing and other dire
circumstances
14.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? - ANSWER ✓
c. Two (#6 and #7)
15.During Case Entry question #3, the caller reports her son is at the bottom of
the swimming pool. What should the EMD do next? - ANSWER ✓ c.
Dispatch 14-E-2, read PDI A and D, then return to questioning
,16.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? - ANSWER ✓ b. 17-D-1
17.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? - ANSWER ✓ c. Four. After initiating dispatch, you will return
to ask Key Questions 1 thru 4 before going to PDI's and DLS links.
18.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? -
ANSWER ✓ c. 27-D-4
19.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? -
ANSWER ✓ a. PDI A and PDI B
20.If the complaint description appears to be TRAUMA in nature, the EMD
should choose the protocol that: - ANSWER ✓ a. Best addresses the
mechanism of injury
21.An alert, first-party caller reports that he was just bitten by a rattlesnake.
What is the best Chief Complaint Protocol? - ANSWER ✓ a. 2: Allergies
(Reactions)/Envenomations (Stings, Bites)
22.Inaccessible Accident/ Other Entrapment (non- traffic) - ANSWER ✓ 22
23.Overdose/ Poisoning (Ingestion) - ANSWER ✓ 23
24.NARCAN/ Naloxone Nasal Instructions - ANSWER ✓ Q
25.Naloxone Auto-injector (Evzio) Instructions - ANSWER ✓ R
26.Naloxone Injection Instructions - ANSWER ✓ S
, 27.Pregnancy/ Childbirth/ Miscarriage - ANSWER ✓ 24
28.Miscarriage - ANSWER ✓ G
29.Psychiatric/ Mental Health Conditions/ Suicide Attempt/ Abnormal
Behavior - ANSWER ✓ 25
30.Sick Person (specific diagnosis) - ANSWER ✓ 26
31.Stab/ Gunshot/ Penetrating trauma - ANSWER ✓ 27
32.Stroke (CVA)/ Transient Ischemic Attack( TIA) - ANSWER ✓ 28
33.Stroke Diagnostic Tool - ANSWER ✓ Blue squiggle face
34.Traffic Collison/ transportation incident - ANSWER ✓ 29
35.Vehicle in Water - ANSWER ✓ L
36.Traumatic Injuries (specific) - ANSWER ✓ 30
37.Unconscious/ Fainting (Near) - ANSWER ✓ 31
38.Unknown Problem (Person Down) - ANSWER ✓ 32
39.Transfer/ Interfacility/ Palliative Care - ANSWER ✓ 33
40.Airway/ Arrest/ Choking (Unconscious)- Newborn/ Neonate < 30 Days -
ANSWER ✓ N
41.Tracheostomy (Stoma) Airway/ Arrest/ Choking (Unconscious)- Newborn/
Neonate <30 Days - ANSWER ✓ Yn
42.Airway/ Arrest/ Choking (Unconscious)- Infant< 1 year - ANSWER ✓ A
2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
|| 100% GUARANTEED PASS
<BRAND NEW VERSION>
1. The six links of the patient care chain of survival are: - ANSWER ✓ 1.
recognition and response activation
early CPR
rapid defibrillation
advanced resuscitation
post cardiac arrest care
recovery
2. T or F: EMDS are trained medical professionals - ANSWER ✓ true
3. a question with the pre-question qualifier "(female 12-50)" should be asked -
ANSWER ✓ only when the caller reports that the patient is a female
between the ages of 12 and 50.
4. T or F: key questions must be asked in order as written - ANSWER ✓ true
5. DLS links: - ANSWER ✓ Direct the EMD to the appropriate Pre Arrival or
case exit instructions
6. T or F: Key Question 7 on Protocol 5 is "(>50) Did s/he faint (pass out) or
nearly faint?: Based on MPDS standards, it is appropriate to read this
question as "Did she faint, pass out, or nearly faint?" - ANSWER ✓ False
,7. Words or phrases printed in ALL UPPERCASE text in the MPDS key
questions indicate that: - ANSWER ✓ a definition is available for the word
or phrase in the Additional Information section of the protocols.
8. T or F: when a second-party caller cannot tell if the patient is breathing or
not, the patient should be considered to be NOT BREATHING until proven
otherwise - ANSWER ✓ true
9. Chief complaint - ANSWER ✓ the primary reason the patient is seeking
medical care
10.Chief complaint protocols - ANSWER ✓ Problem-specific MPDS protocols.
Chief complaint protocols function as a secondary interrogation and contain
Key Questions, Determinant Descriptors, Post-Dispatch Instructions, Critical
EMD Information, Dispatch Life Support Links, and Additional
Information.
11.Determinant Codes - ANSWER ✓ Alphanumeric response codes assigned
by combining the Chief Complaint number, the Determinant Level letter, the
Determinant Descriptor number, and the Determinant Suffix letter.
12.Dispatch Life Support (DLS) - ANSWER ✓ Providing care and Links to
appropriate PAI or exit instructions.
13.echo - ANSWER ✓ a determinant level that allows early recognition and
response initiation based on extreme conditions of breathing and other dire
circumstances
14.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? - ANSWER ✓
c. Two (#6 and #7)
15.During Case Entry question #3, the caller reports her son is at the bottom of
the swimming pool. What should the EMD do next? - ANSWER ✓ c.
Dispatch 14-E-2, read PDI A and D, then return to questioning
,16.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? - ANSWER ✓ b. 17-D-1
17.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? - ANSWER ✓ c. Four. After initiating dispatch, you will return
to ask Key Questions 1 thru 4 before going to PDI's and DLS links.
18.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? -
ANSWER ✓ c. 27-D-4
19.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? -
ANSWER ✓ a. PDI A and PDI B
20.If the complaint description appears to be TRAUMA in nature, the EMD
should choose the protocol that: - ANSWER ✓ a. Best addresses the
mechanism of injury
21.An alert, first-party caller reports that he was just bitten by a rattlesnake.
What is the best Chief Complaint Protocol? - ANSWER ✓ a. 2: Allergies
(Reactions)/Envenomations (Stings, Bites)
22.Inaccessible Accident/ Other Entrapment (non- traffic) - ANSWER ✓ 22
23.Overdose/ Poisoning (Ingestion) - ANSWER ✓ 23
24.NARCAN/ Naloxone Nasal Instructions - ANSWER ✓ Q
25.Naloxone Auto-injector (Evzio) Instructions - ANSWER ✓ R
26.Naloxone Injection Instructions - ANSWER ✓ S
, 27.Pregnancy/ Childbirth/ Miscarriage - ANSWER ✓ 24
28.Miscarriage - ANSWER ✓ G
29.Psychiatric/ Mental Health Conditions/ Suicide Attempt/ Abnormal
Behavior - ANSWER ✓ 25
30.Sick Person (specific diagnosis) - ANSWER ✓ 26
31.Stab/ Gunshot/ Penetrating trauma - ANSWER ✓ 27
32.Stroke (CVA)/ Transient Ischemic Attack( TIA) - ANSWER ✓ 28
33.Stroke Diagnostic Tool - ANSWER ✓ Blue squiggle face
34.Traffic Collison/ transportation incident - ANSWER ✓ 29
35.Vehicle in Water - ANSWER ✓ L
36.Traumatic Injuries (specific) - ANSWER ✓ 30
37.Unconscious/ Fainting (Near) - ANSWER ✓ 31
38.Unknown Problem (Person Down) - ANSWER ✓ 32
39.Transfer/ Interfacility/ Palliative Care - ANSWER ✓ 33
40.Airway/ Arrest/ Choking (Unconscious)- Newborn/ Neonate < 30 Days -
ANSWER ✓ N
41.Tracheostomy (Stoma) Airway/ Arrest/ Choking (Unconscious)- Newborn/
Neonate <30 Days - ANSWER ✓ Yn
42.Airway/ Arrest/ Choking (Unconscious)- Infant< 1 year - ANSWER ✓ A
