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Emergency Medical Dispatch - Answer: involves the combination of telecomm skills and medical
knowledge
Emergency Medical Services - Answer: public's emergency medical needs as part of the local ____ ____
____
National Standard Curriculum - Answer: APCO Institute EMD Course is based on the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration's EMD ____ ____ ____
American Heart Association - Answer: AHA
•APCO PST course
•CPR certified - Answer: Prerequisites for this course
•understand medical information in guidecards
•give appropriate pre-arrival medical instructions - Answer: Course was designed to ensure I will be able
to:
Emergency Medical Dispatcher - Answer: primary and initial point of contact for callers seeking medical
assistance
Guidecards - Answer: A reference system for questions to ask, resources to dispatch, and pre-arrival
instructions to provide
To assist callers in saving lives - Answer: What is the main role of an EMD?
nature & severity - Answer: An EMD must determine the ____ & ____ of the medical incident type
without diagnosing the medical problem or condition
, Hearing - Answer: The only sense an EMD can use
EMD guidecards - Answer: An EMD is responsible for coordinating and dispatching EMS resources based
on the predetermined response configurations found in the local medically approved ____ ____
EMD Guidecards & software - Answer: An EMD provides emergency medical assistance using the locally
medically approved ____ ____ & ____
•making patient more comfortable
•ensuring safety until responders arrive
•CPR instructions
•assist in childbirth instructions - Answer: What are some emergency medical instructions?
•maintains confidentiality
•helpful, compassionate, polite
•clear, concise, use accurate speech
•masters the skills, philosophy, and knowledge of EMD - Answer: What are some examples of a
successful EMD?
Emergency Medical Services - Answer: includes all personnel of the local public safety system with
specific, specialized medical training
Prevention through rehabilitation - Answer: An EMS system covers the spectrum from ____ ____ ____
•hospitals
•rescue squads
•air ambulance
•ground ambulance
•police & fire