EMD Test
****** Last four call processing objectives. - ANS--Safety
-System Response
-Patient Care
-Information for responders
******* List the 4 commandments of the EMD - ANS--Chief Complaint
-Age
-Status of consciousness
-Status of breathing
******* List the 4 priority symptoms - ANS--decrease in consciousness
-abnormal breathing
-chest pain
-serious hemorrhage
A question with the pre-question qualifier (Female 12-50) should be asked:
A. Always
B. Only when the caller reports that the patient is a female between the ages of 12 and 50.
C. Only when the patient is a male and younger than 12 or older than 50. - ANS-B. Only when
the caller reports that the patient is a female between the ages of 12 and 50.
A second party caller reports that his 8 year old sister is currently having a seizure. The patient
is not away and not breathing. What is the best CC protocol? (Refer to MPDS chief complaint
classification table)
A. 6: Breathing problems
B. 9: Cardiac or Respiratory Arrest/Death
C. 12: Convulsions/Seizures
D. 31: Unconscious/Fainting (Near) - ANS-C. 12 - Convulsions/Seizures
All actual response assignments and emergency modes are:
A. dictated by the IAEMD council of standards.
B. listed on the MPDS response grid.
C. predetermined by local medical control and EMS administration.
D. Determined by individual EMD's based on the specific needs of each case. - ANS-C.
Predetermined by local medical control and EMS administraton.
Although DLS incorporates concepts from both BLS and ALS, it is actually a unique form of
medical practice
True/False - ANS-True
It is different because we have to do it over the phone.
****** Last four call processing objectives. - ANS--Safety
-System Response
-Patient Care
-Information for responders
******* List the 4 commandments of the EMD - ANS--Chief Complaint
-Age
-Status of consciousness
-Status of breathing
******* List the 4 priority symptoms - ANS--decrease in consciousness
-abnormal breathing
-chest pain
-serious hemorrhage
A question with the pre-question qualifier (Female 12-50) should be asked:
A. Always
B. Only when the caller reports that the patient is a female between the ages of 12 and 50.
C. Only when the patient is a male and younger than 12 or older than 50. - ANS-B. Only when
the caller reports that the patient is a female between the ages of 12 and 50.
A second party caller reports that his 8 year old sister is currently having a seizure. The patient
is not away and not breathing. What is the best CC protocol? (Refer to MPDS chief complaint
classification table)
A. 6: Breathing problems
B. 9: Cardiac or Respiratory Arrest/Death
C. 12: Convulsions/Seizures
D. 31: Unconscious/Fainting (Near) - ANS-C. 12 - Convulsions/Seizures
All actual response assignments and emergency modes are:
A. dictated by the IAEMD council of standards.
B. listed on the MPDS response grid.
C. predetermined by local medical control and EMS administration.
D. Determined by individual EMD's based on the specific needs of each case. - ANS-C.
Predetermined by local medical control and EMS administraton.
Although DLS incorporates concepts from both BLS and ALS, it is actually a unique form of
medical practice
True/False - ANS-True
It is different because we have to do it over the phone.
