EMD Practice Exam With Latest Questions And
Accurate Answers @ 2024
What does DLS stand for
Dispatch Life Support
MPDS stands for
medical priority dispatch system
DeLuca's Law
EMD's will adhere to all the protocols as written, void of freelance questioning or
information unless it adds to, and does not replace, the written protocol questions and
scripts.
MPDS stands for?
Medical Priority Dispatch System
Frenza's law
A thing not looked for is seldom found
Basic MPDS Protocol Flow
1. Ask all appropriate Key Questions
2. Select the determinant code
3. Send the response
4. Provide post-dispatch instructions
5. Read critical EMD information (CEI)
6. Follow Dispatch life support (DLS) links
"Blue is for you" (EMD)
Blue text is not to be read to the caller
Pre-Question Qualifiers (PQQ's)
indicate questions to only be read in a particular circumstance
, Four commandments of EMD
chief complaint
pt.'s age
status of consciousness
status of breathing
Priority Symptoms are:
1. Abnormal breathing
2. Chest pain/discomfort
3. Decreased level of consciousness
4. Serious hemorrhage
ECHO determinant practice is:
allows early recognition and closer response initiation based on extreme conditions of
breathing and other dire circumstances as defined, such as a person on fire. Such
coding is separated from DELTA to encourage local assignment of the absolute closest
response of any trained crew.
ECHO determinant descriptors are listed on:
Case entry
Freelance instruction (in EMD) is?
Instructions that are generally considered to be beyond the calltaker's scope of practice
or that are incorrect
Leading question: A question that provides a probable answer to a question that may
lead callers to give the answer they thing the call taker wants to hear.
What does RED lettering mean in EMD?
relates to safety questions
A 3rd party caller (in EMD) would be classified as what?
bystander
What are the benefits of structured call taking and protocol use?
standard of care, reduces liability, improved quality and improves
If you have text in red ink, what does it mean?
Accurate Answers @ 2024
What does DLS stand for
Dispatch Life Support
MPDS stands for
medical priority dispatch system
DeLuca's Law
EMD's will adhere to all the protocols as written, void of freelance questioning or
information unless it adds to, and does not replace, the written protocol questions and
scripts.
MPDS stands for?
Medical Priority Dispatch System
Frenza's law
A thing not looked for is seldom found
Basic MPDS Protocol Flow
1. Ask all appropriate Key Questions
2. Select the determinant code
3. Send the response
4. Provide post-dispatch instructions
5. Read critical EMD information (CEI)
6. Follow Dispatch life support (DLS) links
"Blue is for you" (EMD)
Blue text is not to be read to the caller
Pre-Question Qualifiers (PQQ's)
indicate questions to only be read in a particular circumstance
, Four commandments of EMD
chief complaint
pt.'s age
status of consciousness
status of breathing
Priority Symptoms are:
1. Abnormal breathing
2. Chest pain/discomfort
3. Decreased level of consciousness
4. Serious hemorrhage
ECHO determinant practice is:
allows early recognition and closer response initiation based on extreme conditions of
breathing and other dire circumstances as defined, such as a person on fire. Such
coding is separated from DELTA to encourage local assignment of the absolute closest
response of any trained crew.
ECHO determinant descriptors are listed on:
Case entry
Freelance instruction (in EMD) is?
Instructions that are generally considered to be beyond the calltaker's scope of practice
or that are incorrect
Leading question: A question that provides a probable answer to a question that may
lead callers to give the answer they thing the call taker wants to hear.
What does RED lettering mean in EMD?
relates to safety questions
A 3rd party caller (in EMD) would be classified as what?
bystander
What are the benefits of structured call taking and protocol use?
standard of care, reduces liability, improved quality and improves
If you have text in red ink, what does it mean?
