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Emergency Medical Dispatch Questions
and Correct Answers/ Latest Update /
Already Graded
WHAT IS THE GOAL OF EMS?

Ans: TO REDUCE DEATH AND DISABILITY FROM OUT OF
HOSPITAL MEDICAL EMERGENCIES BY PROVIDING A RAPID
RESPONSE BY TRAINED EMERGENCE MEDICAL PERSONNEL
TO THE SCENE OF THE EMERGENCY

EMS INCLUDES WHAT?

Ans: DISPATCH CENTERS
FIRE DEPARTMENT
PARAMEDICS
PRIVATE AMBULANCE COMPANIES
AIRLIFE
HOSPITALS
MEDICAL PRACTICIONERS
VOLUNTEERS
FIRST RESPONDERS
PUBLIC

SPECIALTY HOSPITALS IN KING COUNTY

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Ans: REGIONAL TRAUMA AND BURN CENTER- HARBORVIEW
HYPERBARIC CHAMBER- VIRGINIA MASON
PEDIATRIC ER- CHILDRENS HOSPITAL
HIGH RISK OBSTETRICS- U.W.

WHAT ARE PRE-ARRIVAL INSTRUCTIONS?

Ans: INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN AFTER INITIAL ENTRY, TO BE
GIVEN EXACTLY AS WRITTEN

WHAT IS EMDPRS?

Ans: EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCH PROTOCOL
REFERENCE SYSTEM

WHAT IS STANDARD EMD PRACTICE?

Ans: OBTAIN SPECIFIC INFORMATION
OBTAIN SPECIFIC MEDICAL INFORMATION
ACCURATELY PRIORITIZE EACH MEDICAL RESPONSE
DETERMINE NEED FOR PRE-ARRIVAL INSTRUCTIONS
PROVIDE PRE-ARRIVAL INSTRUCTIONS
ALERT APPROPRIATE RESPONSE UNITS
RELAY INFORMATION TO RESPONSE UNITS

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WHAT IS A SIGN?

Ans: WHAT YOU OR THE RP OBSERVE, HEAR OR FEEL ABOUT
THE PATIENT

WHAT IS A SYMPTOM?

Ans: WHAT THE PATIENT TELLS YOU ABOUT HOW THEY
FEEL

WHAT ARE VITAL SIGNS?

Ans: RESPIRATIONS, PULSE, BLOOD PRESSURE, LEVEL OF
CONSCIOUSNESS, SKIN, PUPILS, SYMPTOMS

FIRST RESPONDERS ARE?

Ans: TRAINED IN BLS AND PROVIDE TREATMENT OR
STABILATION OF THE PATIENT

WHAT IS ILS?

Ans: INTERMEDIATE LIFE SUPPORT

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