Questions and CORECT Answers
4 Commandments of EMD - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Chief Complaint
2. Patient's Age
3. Status of Consciousness
4. Status of Breathing
1. First, do no harm.
2. When in doubt, send them out. Always err in the direction of patient safety.
3.Don't be in doubt so much- rely on the protocol.
4. Comply with the protocol "by the numbers". - CORRECT ANSWER 4 laws of emergency
dispatch
True or False?
EMD has no influence on the chain of survival. - CORRECT ANSWER FALSE.
the correct answer is...
EMD can have an important influence on almost every link in the chain of survival.
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EMDs are ____________ medical proffesionals. - CORRECT ANSWER TRAINED
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, All actual response assignments and _______________ ________________ are predetermined
by local medical control and EMS administration. - CORRECT ANSWER EMERGENCY
MODES
What are the 4 call processing objectives ?
A.Address, Phone number, Chief complaint, PDIs
B. Safety, System Response, Patient Care, and Information for responders
C. Case entry, Key questions, PDIs/PAIs, and Case Exit
D. Emergency Dispatch, Response Assignments, Liability and Quality improvement -
CORRECT ANSWER B. Safety, System Response, Patient Care, and Information for
responders
True or False?
The IAED standards process _________ that MPDS evolution remains consistent with ever-
changing standards of practice. - CORRECT ANSWER ENSURES
Match the acronym to the correct term.
IAED
A. Individual Accreditation of Emergency Dispatch
B. International Accreditation for Emergency Dispatch
C. International Academies of Emergency Dispatch
D. International Agencies for Emergency Dispatch - CORRECT ANSWER C. International
Academies of Emergency Dispatch (IAED)
Match the acronym to the correct term.
MPDS
A. Medical Preference Dispatch Solution