EMD V14 FINAL PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025/2026
✔✔Unknown Problem (Person Down) - ✔✔32
✔✔Transfer/ Interfacility/ Palliative Care - ✔✔33
✔✔Airway/ Arrest/ Choking (Unconscious)- Newborn/ Neonate < 30 Days - ✔✔N
✔✔Tracheostomy (Stoma) Airway/ Arrest/ Choking (Unconscious)- Newborn/ Neonate
<30 Days - ✔✔Yn
✔✔Airway/ Arrest/ Choking (Unconscious)- Infant< 1 year - ✔✔A
✔✔Tracheostomy (Stoma) Airway/ Arrest/ Choking (Unconscious)- Infant< 1 year -
✔✔Ya
✔✔Airway/ Arrest/ Choking (Unconscious)- Child 1-7 years - ✔✔B
✔✔Tracheostomy (Stoma) Airway/ Arrest/ Choking (Unconscious)- Child 1-7 Years -
✔✔Yb
✔✔Airway/ Arrest/ Choking (Unconscious)- Adult >/ 8 years - ✔✔C
✔✔Tracheostomy (Stoma) Airway/ Arrest/ Choking (Unconscious)- Adult >/ 8 years -
✔✔Yc
✔✔AED Support - ✔✔Z
✔✔Childbirth- Delivery - ✔✔F
✔✔Case Exit - ✔✔X
✔✔Case Entry - ✔✔1. What's the address of the emergency?
House/Apartment/Business/Intersection/Landmark/Jurisdiction/GPS
2. What's the phone number you're calling from?
3. Okay, tell me exactly what happened.
Obviously NOT BREATHING and Unconscious (non-traumatic)
Hanging, Strangulation (no assailant involved), Suffocation
Underwater (DOMESTIC rescue)
Underwater (SPECIALIZED rescue)
Person on fire
a. (Not obvious Are you with the patient now?
, （樂
Multiple victims
Traffic/Transportation incident (3 or 4 pty caller)
c. (Choking) Is s/he breathing or coughing at all? (You go check and tell me what you
find.)
No
Do not slap her/him on the back.
4. How old is s/he?
a. (Unsure) Tell me approximately, then.
5. Is s/he awake (conscious)?
Yes
No
Unknown.
6. Is s/he breathing?
a. (Hasn't checked - 2"d party caller) You go check and tell me what you find.
Yes
No/NOT BREATHING
UNCERTAIN/INEFFECTIVE/AGONAL BREATHING (15 or 2"d pty caller)-Unknown (3"d
or 4" pty caller)
✔✔Case Entry PDIs - ✔✔a. (ECHO) I'm sending the paramedics (ambulance) to help
you now. Stay on the line.
b. (Hanging and not OBVIOUS DEATH)
(Cut her/him down immediately, loosen the noose, then tell me if s/he's breathing.
c. (Underwater) Do not go in the water unless it's safe to do so.
d. (Strangulation and not OBVIOUS DEATH)
Loosen anything around the neck, then tell me if s/he's breathing.
e. (Suffocation) Remove anything covering the face or in the mouth, then tell me if
s/he's breathing.
(Person on fire) Tell her/him to stop running, drop to the ground, cover her/his face, and
roll around. If water is available, douse her/him with it immediately until the fire is
completely out.
(Water not available)
Get a blanket, rug, or
large jacket and use it to wrap her/his body and smother the flames.
g. (Critical Caller Danger) (If it's too dangerous to stay where you are, and you think you
can leave safely, get away and call us from somewhere safe.
✔✔Not breathing situations - ✔✔The following, when offered in response to
"Tell me exactly what happened" or any listed Entry Question:
• Not breathing at all
• UNCERTAIN BREATHING
• Hanging
Strangulation
• Suffocation
• COMPLETE obstruction
2025/2026
✔✔Unknown Problem (Person Down) - ✔✔32
✔✔Transfer/ Interfacility/ Palliative Care - ✔✔33
✔✔Airway/ Arrest/ Choking (Unconscious)- Newborn/ Neonate < 30 Days - ✔✔N
✔✔Tracheostomy (Stoma) Airway/ Arrest/ Choking (Unconscious)- Newborn/ Neonate
<30 Days - ✔✔Yn
✔✔Airway/ Arrest/ Choking (Unconscious)- Infant< 1 year - ✔✔A
✔✔Tracheostomy (Stoma) Airway/ Arrest/ Choking (Unconscious)- Infant< 1 year -
✔✔Ya
✔✔Airway/ Arrest/ Choking (Unconscious)- Child 1-7 years - ✔✔B
✔✔Tracheostomy (Stoma) Airway/ Arrest/ Choking (Unconscious)- Child 1-7 Years -
✔✔Yb
✔✔Airway/ Arrest/ Choking (Unconscious)- Adult >/ 8 years - ✔✔C
✔✔Tracheostomy (Stoma) Airway/ Arrest/ Choking (Unconscious)- Adult >/ 8 years -
✔✔Yc
✔✔AED Support - ✔✔Z
✔✔Childbirth- Delivery - ✔✔F
✔✔Case Exit - ✔✔X
✔✔Case Entry - ✔✔1. What's the address of the emergency?
House/Apartment/Business/Intersection/Landmark/Jurisdiction/GPS
2. What's the phone number you're calling from?
3. Okay, tell me exactly what happened.
Obviously NOT BREATHING and Unconscious (non-traumatic)
Hanging, Strangulation (no assailant involved), Suffocation
Underwater (DOMESTIC rescue)
Underwater (SPECIALIZED rescue)
Person on fire
a. (Not obvious Are you with the patient now?
, （樂
Multiple victims
Traffic/Transportation incident (3 or 4 pty caller)
c. (Choking) Is s/he breathing or coughing at all? (You go check and tell me what you
find.)
No
Do not slap her/him on the back.
4. How old is s/he?
a. (Unsure) Tell me approximately, then.
5. Is s/he awake (conscious)?
Yes
No
Unknown.
6. Is s/he breathing?
a. (Hasn't checked - 2"d party caller) You go check and tell me what you find.
Yes
No/NOT BREATHING
UNCERTAIN/INEFFECTIVE/AGONAL BREATHING (15 or 2"d pty caller)-Unknown (3"d
or 4" pty caller)
✔✔Case Entry PDIs - ✔✔a. (ECHO) I'm sending the paramedics (ambulance) to help
you now. Stay on the line.
b. (Hanging and not OBVIOUS DEATH)
(Cut her/him down immediately, loosen the noose, then tell me if s/he's breathing.
c. (Underwater) Do not go in the water unless it's safe to do so.
d. (Strangulation and not OBVIOUS DEATH)
Loosen anything around the neck, then tell me if s/he's breathing.
e. (Suffocation) Remove anything covering the face or in the mouth, then tell me if
s/he's breathing.
(Person on fire) Tell her/him to stop running, drop to the ground, cover her/his face, and
roll around. If water is available, douse her/him with it immediately until the fire is
completely out.
(Water not available)
Get a blanket, rug, or
large jacket and use it to wrap her/his body and smother the flames.
g. (Critical Caller Danger) (If it's too dangerous to stay where you are, and you think you
can leave safely, get away and call us from somewhere safe.
✔✔Not breathing situations - ✔✔The following, when offered in response to
"Tell me exactly what happened" or any listed Entry Question:
• Not breathing at all
• UNCERTAIN BREATHING
• Hanging
Strangulation
• Suffocation
• COMPLETE obstruction
