Emergency Medical Dispatch Exam
2025 Questions and Answers
WHAT IS THE GOAL OF EMS? - --Answer --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? - --Answer --DISPATCH CENTERS
FIRE DEPARTMENT
PARAMEDICS
PRIVATE AMBULANCE COMPANIES
AIRLIFE
HOSPITALS
MEDICAL PRACTICIONERS
VOLUNTEERS
FIRST RESPONDERS
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SPECIALTY HOSPITALS IN KING COUNTY - --Answer --
REGIONAL TRAUMA AND BURN CENTER- HARBORVIEW
HYPERBARIC CHAMBER- VIRGINIA MASON
PEDIATRIC ER- CHILDRENS HOSPITAL
HIGH RISK OBSTETRICS- U.W.
WHAT ARE PRE-ARRIVAL INSTRUCTIONS? - --Answer --
INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN AFTER INITIAL ENTRY, TO BE GIVEN
EXACTLY AS WRITTEN
WHAT IS EMDPRS? - --Answer --EMERGENCY MEDICAL
DISPATCH PROTOCOL REFERENCE SYSTEM
WHAT IS STANDARD EMD PRACTICE? - --Answer --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
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, RELAY INFORMATION TO RESPONSE UNITS
WHAT IS A SIGN? - --Answer --WHAT YOU OR THE RP OBSERVE,
HEAR OR FEEL ABOUT THE PATIENT
WHAT IS A SYMPTOM? - --Answer --WHAT THE PATIENT TELLS
YOU ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL
WHAT ARE VITAL SIGNS? - --Answer --RESPIRATIONS, PULSE,
BLOOD PRESSURE, LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS, SKIN, PUPILS,
SYMPTOMS
FIRST RESPONDERS ARE? - --Answer --TRAINED IN BLS AND
PROVIDE TREATMENT OR STABILATION OF THE PATIENT
WHAT IS ILS? - --Answer --INTERMEDIATE LIFE SUPPORT
WHAT IS ALS? - --Answer --ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT
(PARAMEDIC)
WHAT IS BLS? - --Answer --BASIC LIFE SUPPORT (EMT)
WHAT ARE AIR MEDICAL SERVICES? - --Answer --HOSPITAL
BASED (HARBORVIEW) AND MAY REQUIRE A LZ
INITIAL BASIC MEDICAL INTERVIEWING - --Answer --LOCATION
OF PATIENT
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2025 Questions and Answers
WHAT IS THE GOAL OF EMS? - --Answer --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? - --Answer --DISPATCH CENTERS
FIRE DEPARTMENT
PARAMEDICS
PRIVATE AMBULANCE COMPANIES
AIRLIFE
HOSPITALS
MEDICAL PRACTICIONERS
VOLUNTEERS
FIRST RESPONDERS
....COPYRIGHT ©️ 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...TRUSTED & VERIFIED 1
,PUBLIC
SPECIALTY HOSPITALS IN KING COUNTY - --Answer --
REGIONAL TRAUMA AND BURN CENTER- HARBORVIEW
HYPERBARIC CHAMBER- VIRGINIA MASON
PEDIATRIC ER- CHILDRENS HOSPITAL
HIGH RISK OBSTETRICS- U.W.
WHAT ARE PRE-ARRIVAL INSTRUCTIONS? - --Answer --
INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN AFTER INITIAL ENTRY, TO BE GIVEN
EXACTLY AS WRITTEN
WHAT IS EMDPRS? - --Answer --EMERGENCY MEDICAL
DISPATCH PROTOCOL REFERENCE SYSTEM
WHAT IS STANDARD EMD PRACTICE? - --Answer --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
....COPYRIGHT ©️ 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...TRUSTED & VERIFIED 2
, RELAY INFORMATION TO RESPONSE UNITS
WHAT IS A SIGN? - --Answer --WHAT YOU OR THE RP OBSERVE,
HEAR OR FEEL ABOUT THE PATIENT
WHAT IS A SYMPTOM? - --Answer --WHAT THE PATIENT TELLS
YOU ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL
WHAT ARE VITAL SIGNS? - --Answer --RESPIRATIONS, PULSE,
BLOOD PRESSURE, LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS, SKIN, PUPILS,
SYMPTOMS
FIRST RESPONDERS ARE? - --Answer --TRAINED IN BLS AND
PROVIDE TREATMENT OR STABILATION OF THE PATIENT
WHAT IS ILS? - --Answer --INTERMEDIATE LIFE SUPPORT
WHAT IS ALS? - --Answer --ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT
(PARAMEDIC)
WHAT IS BLS? - --Answer --BASIC LIFE SUPPORT (EMT)
WHAT ARE AIR MEDICAL SERVICES? - --Answer --HOSPITAL
BASED (HARBORVIEW) AND MAY REQUIRE A LZ
INITIAL BASIC MEDICAL INTERVIEWING - --Answer --LOCATION
OF PATIENT
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