APCO EMD Final Exam Review -
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1. State and identify the roles and responsibilities of an EMD
2. Obtain sufficient and accurate information from callers to dispatch resources
3. Give appropriate pre-arrival instructions to callers as locally approved medical
interrogation guide cards indicate - ANSWER-The APCO Institute EMD course was
designed to provide enough material to ensure you will be able to:
1. Unfamiliar medical information
2. children or elderly callers
3. screaming/emotional callers
4. sounds/looks bad - ANSWER-Which of the following are "response upgrade"
mistakes?
24 hours over 2 years of CDE credit (12 hours annually) - ANSWER-Which of the
following must be obtained in order to complete the EMD's recertification?
30 to 50 respirations per minute - ANSWER-What is the normal respiratory rate for a
newborn?
5 - ANSWER-The AHA recommendations are that defibrillation is accomplished in less
than_______minutes from the time of the call for service is received in the ECC.
7-10% - ANSWER-ASTM standards suggest what percentage of calls be reviewed for
QA/QI?
Agency & Individual - ANSWER-To reduce liability, risk management must be
approached at which of the following two levels:
All callers - ANSWER-What is not one of the following three categories of chief
complaint types?
All callers interrogation - ANSWER-Which of the guard card types can be used in all
types of 911 calls?
ALS Hot - ANSWER-A resource with advanced life support capability dispatched and
total respond in an emergency response mode
Anxious - ANSWER-Attributes of a successful EMD include all of the following except:
AVPU - ANSWER-What is the acronym used to remember the levels of consciousness?
, Blind environment - ANSWER-Field medical personnel work on the patients directly.
because EMD's work in a__________,they must rely on the patient self reporting or
third-party.
BlS Hot/BLS Cold - ANSWER-A resource with basic life support capability dispatched
and told to respond in an emergency response mode
Burnout - ANSWER-Is a cumulative state of mental and physical exhaustion
Caustic ingestion of acid or lye - ANSWER-With poisoning do not give the patient
anything to eat or drink except in the case of?
chest pain - ANSWER-When the callers describes possible conditions like pleurisy or
hiatal hernias you will use the________Guide card.
Children generally suffer more severe injuries in comparison to adults - ANSWER-
Choose any special consideration for animal bites
Completely alert - ANSWER-stroke/CAVs that Have several symptoms commonly
relayed by the caller, which is not one?
Confidentiality - ANSWER-A successful EMD must maintain a higher level of:
Coordinating and dispatching - ANSWER-And EMD is responsible
for_______and_______ EMS resources based in the predetermined response
configurations found in the locally medically approved guide cards
Critical incident stress management - ANSWER-Is a comprehensive, systematic, and
multi-component approach for the reduction and control of harmful aspects of stress, a
following a critical incident.
Current and valid CPR certification - ANSWER-In addition to the public safety
Telecommunicator prerequisite, all students must also have
Damages - ANSWER-Is anything awarded to winning plaintiffs in a lawsuit
Dry, Gym floors - ANSWER-There are several caution notes on the AED reference
guide card, "do you not operate the AED in or around.......". What is a safe location to
operate the AED?
ectopic pregnancy - ANSWER-Which of the following "abdominal pain"complaint is
defined as most critical?
Emergency medical dispatcher - ANSWER-The acronym "EMD" stands for:
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1. State and identify the roles and responsibilities of an EMD
2. Obtain sufficient and accurate information from callers to dispatch resources
3. Give appropriate pre-arrival instructions to callers as locally approved medical
interrogation guide cards indicate - ANSWER-The APCO Institute EMD course was
designed to provide enough material to ensure you will be able to:
1. Unfamiliar medical information
2. children or elderly callers
3. screaming/emotional callers
4. sounds/looks bad - ANSWER-Which of the following are "response upgrade"
mistakes?
24 hours over 2 years of CDE credit (12 hours annually) - ANSWER-Which of the
following must be obtained in order to complete the EMD's recertification?
30 to 50 respirations per minute - ANSWER-What is the normal respiratory rate for a
newborn?
5 - ANSWER-The AHA recommendations are that defibrillation is accomplished in less
than_______minutes from the time of the call for service is received in the ECC.
7-10% - ANSWER-ASTM standards suggest what percentage of calls be reviewed for
QA/QI?
Agency & Individual - ANSWER-To reduce liability, risk management must be
approached at which of the following two levels:
All callers - ANSWER-What is not one of the following three categories of chief
complaint types?
All callers interrogation - ANSWER-Which of the guard card types can be used in all
types of 911 calls?
ALS Hot - ANSWER-A resource with advanced life support capability dispatched and
total respond in an emergency response mode
Anxious - ANSWER-Attributes of a successful EMD include all of the following except:
AVPU - ANSWER-What is the acronym used to remember the levels of consciousness?
, Blind environment - ANSWER-Field medical personnel work on the patients directly.
because EMD's work in a__________,they must rely on the patient self reporting or
third-party.
BlS Hot/BLS Cold - ANSWER-A resource with basic life support capability dispatched
and told to respond in an emergency response mode
Burnout - ANSWER-Is a cumulative state of mental and physical exhaustion
Caustic ingestion of acid or lye - ANSWER-With poisoning do not give the patient
anything to eat or drink except in the case of?
chest pain - ANSWER-When the callers describes possible conditions like pleurisy or
hiatal hernias you will use the________Guide card.
Children generally suffer more severe injuries in comparison to adults - ANSWER-
Choose any special consideration for animal bites
Completely alert - ANSWER-stroke/CAVs that Have several symptoms commonly
relayed by the caller, which is not one?
Confidentiality - ANSWER-A successful EMD must maintain a higher level of:
Coordinating and dispatching - ANSWER-And EMD is responsible
for_______and_______ EMS resources based in the predetermined response
configurations found in the locally medically approved guide cards
Critical incident stress management - ANSWER-Is a comprehensive, systematic, and
multi-component approach for the reduction and control of harmful aspects of stress, a
following a critical incident.
Current and valid CPR certification - ANSWER-In addition to the public safety
Telecommunicator prerequisite, all students must also have
Damages - ANSWER-Is anything awarded to winning plaintiffs in a lawsuit
Dry, Gym floors - ANSWER-There are several caution notes on the AED reference
guide card, "do you not operate the AED in or around.......". What is a safe location to
operate the AED?
ectopic pregnancy - ANSWER-Which of the following "abdominal pain"complaint is
defined as most critical?
Emergency medical dispatcher - ANSWER-The acronym "EMD" stands for:
