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The 4 general functions of an EMD. - correct answer✔✔1 Receive and Process Telephone
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Calls

2 Dispatch and Coordinate EMS Resources
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3. Provide Instructions to Callers and Information to Responders.
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4. Coordinate with other Public Safety Agencies.
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What are the 5 roles of the EMD? - correct answer✔✔1 Telephone Interrogation
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2 Triage
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3 Dispatch Allocation and Field Communication
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4 Logistics Coordination
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5 Resource Networking.
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List the Four Basic Protocol Components of MPDS. - correct answer✔✔1 Case Entry Protocol
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2 Chief Complaint Protocols
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3. Case Exit Protocol
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4. Pre-Arrival Instruction Protocols.
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The 4 objectives of the MPDS - correct answer✔✔1. Safety
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2. System Response
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3. Patient Care
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4. Information for responders.
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, Why is it important to ask Key Questions in the order they are written? - correct
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answer✔✔1. The key questions are ordered by priority, with safety questions in red and ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




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Describe 2 functions of a shunt Protocol - correct answer✔✔1. Shunt Protocols help ensure ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




the right protocol is being utilised for the CC.
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2. Key questions in a Shunt Protocol help help identify symptoms or situations that may
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List 2 functions of Determinant Descriptors - correct answer✔✔1. Designed to facilitate
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appropriate resource allocation and their mode of response. ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




2. Enable the EMD to select the most appropriate Determinant Code for the situation at
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hand.



The Four Commandments of the EMD - correct answer✔✔1. Chief Complaint
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4. Breathing Status.
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Symptoms - correct answer✔✔* Abnormal breathing ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




* Chest Pain
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* Decreased LOC
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* Serious Haemorrhage
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Two Functions of a ECHO Determinant Level. - correct answer✔✔1. In certain life threatening
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situations, it allows you to set a preplanned response into motion early.
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