EMD V14 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025/2026
✔✔What minor eye injury can result from welding? - ✔✔Welding (flash burn)
✔✔What are common medical eye problems? - ✔✔Allergy, Infection, Tears
✔✔What is Protocol 17 related to? - ✔✔Falls
✔✔What defines an extreme fall? - ✔✔A fall from a distance of 30ft/10m (3 stories) or
higher.
✔✔What distance defines a long fall for adults and children? - ✔✔10 - 29ft (3-9m)
✔✔What distance defines a long fall for infants? - ✔✔6 - 29ft (2-9m)
✔✔What are some possibly dangerous areas of injury in a fall? - ✔✔Abdomen,
Amputation (excluding finger/toe), Back, Chest (breathing normally), Head (alert), Leg
(upper, obvious deformity), Neck (breathing normally)
✔✔What are some areas of the body that are not considered dangerous in a fall? -
✔✔Ankle, Arm (upper), Collar bone (clavicle), Elbow, Finger, Foot, Forearm, Genitalia,
Groin, Hand, Hip/Pelvis, Knee, Leg (lower), Leg (upper without deformity), Shoulder,
Tailbone (coccyx), Toe, Wrist
✔✔HEADACHE - ✔✔Protocol 18
Sudden onset of a severe headache is considered to have a more serious underlying
cause until proven otherwise.
✔✔Heart Problems / A.I.C.D. - ✔✔Protocol 19
A.I.C.D.
An Automatic Implanted (internal) cardiac Defibrillator is a device designed to
administer an electric shock to control tachyarrhythmias
✔✔What is Protocol 20 related to? - ✔✔Heat and cold exposure.
✔✔What are the symptoms of heat exhaustion? - ✔✔Paleness, sweating, nausea, and
vomiting.
✔✔What are the symptoms of heat stroke? - ✔✔Red, dry skin and decreased level of
consciousness.
✔✔What are the characteristics of frostbite? - ✔✔Pale, gray, numb, bloodless, and cold;
in deep frostbite, tissues feel woody or stoney.
, ✔✔What are the symptoms of hypothermia? - ✔✔Sluggishness, decreased level of
consciousness, paleness, and cyanosis (blue or gray).
✔✔What is the protocol for hemorrhage and lacerations? - ✔✔Protocol 21
✔✔What are the dangerous types of hemorrhage? - ✔✔Armpit, coughing up
(SERIOUS), groin, neck, postoperative oral-pharyngeal, rectal (SERIOUS), vomiting
(SERIOUS)
✔✔What are the possibly dangerous types of hemorrhage? - ✔✔Abdomen, arm
(upper), chest, face, leg (upper), unknown location, urinating (traumatic), vaginal (not
pregnant), vaginal (post-partum), vomiting (MINOR)
✔✔What are the not dangerous types of hemorrhage? - ✔✔Ankle, back, buttock,
coughing up (MINOR), finger, foot, forearm, hand, leg (lower), mouth (not
vomiting/coughing), nose, penis (external), rectal (MINOR), scalp, toe, urinating/catheter
(non-traumatic), wrist
✔✔What defines serious hemorrhage? - ✔✔Uncontrolled bleeding (spurting or pouring)
from any area, or anytime a caller reports 'serious' bleeding.
✔✔What defines minor hemorrhage? - ✔✔Controlled or insignificant external bleeding
from any area.
✔✔What is the protocol for Inaccessible Incident / Other Entrapments (Non-Traffic)? -
✔✔Protocol 22
✔✔What is entrapment? - ✔✔A situation involving prevention of escape in which there
is an increased threat of injury, illness, or death to a victim.
✔✔What is the protocol for overdose or poisoning (ingestion)? - ✔✔Protocol 23
✔✔What is defined as an overdose? - ✔✔Intentional intake of a potentially harmful
substance (> 8 years old).
✔✔What is defined as poisoning (ingestion)? - ✔✔Accidental intake of a potentially
harmful substance.
✔✔What is Protocol 24 related to? - ✔✔Pregnancy, childbirth, and miscarriage
✔✔What is Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)? - ✔✔Any procedure that involves partial
or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other intentional alteration or injury to
the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.
2025/2026
✔✔What minor eye injury can result from welding? - ✔✔Welding (flash burn)
✔✔What are common medical eye problems? - ✔✔Allergy, Infection, Tears
✔✔What is Protocol 17 related to? - ✔✔Falls
✔✔What defines an extreme fall? - ✔✔A fall from a distance of 30ft/10m (3 stories) or
higher.
✔✔What distance defines a long fall for adults and children? - ✔✔10 - 29ft (3-9m)
✔✔What distance defines a long fall for infants? - ✔✔6 - 29ft (2-9m)
✔✔What are some possibly dangerous areas of injury in a fall? - ✔✔Abdomen,
Amputation (excluding finger/toe), Back, Chest (breathing normally), Head (alert), Leg
(upper, obvious deformity), Neck (breathing normally)
✔✔What are some areas of the body that are not considered dangerous in a fall? -
✔✔Ankle, Arm (upper), Collar bone (clavicle), Elbow, Finger, Foot, Forearm, Genitalia,
Groin, Hand, Hip/Pelvis, Knee, Leg (lower), Leg (upper without deformity), Shoulder,
Tailbone (coccyx), Toe, Wrist
✔✔HEADACHE - ✔✔Protocol 18
Sudden onset of a severe headache is considered to have a more serious underlying
cause until proven otherwise.
✔✔Heart Problems / A.I.C.D. - ✔✔Protocol 19
A.I.C.D.
An Automatic Implanted (internal) cardiac Defibrillator is a device designed to
administer an electric shock to control tachyarrhythmias
✔✔What is Protocol 20 related to? - ✔✔Heat and cold exposure.
✔✔What are the symptoms of heat exhaustion? - ✔✔Paleness, sweating, nausea, and
vomiting.
✔✔What are the symptoms of heat stroke? - ✔✔Red, dry skin and decreased level of
consciousness.
✔✔What are the characteristics of frostbite? - ✔✔Pale, gray, numb, bloodless, and cold;
in deep frostbite, tissues feel woody or stoney.
, ✔✔What are the symptoms of hypothermia? - ✔✔Sluggishness, decreased level of
consciousness, paleness, and cyanosis (blue or gray).
✔✔What is the protocol for hemorrhage and lacerations? - ✔✔Protocol 21
✔✔What are the dangerous types of hemorrhage? - ✔✔Armpit, coughing up
(SERIOUS), groin, neck, postoperative oral-pharyngeal, rectal (SERIOUS), vomiting
(SERIOUS)
✔✔What are the possibly dangerous types of hemorrhage? - ✔✔Abdomen, arm
(upper), chest, face, leg (upper), unknown location, urinating (traumatic), vaginal (not
pregnant), vaginal (post-partum), vomiting (MINOR)
✔✔What are the not dangerous types of hemorrhage? - ✔✔Ankle, back, buttock,
coughing up (MINOR), finger, foot, forearm, hand, leg (lower), mouth (not
vomiting/coughing), nose, penis (external), rectal (MINOR), scalp, toe, urinating/catheter
(non-traumatic), wrist
✔✔What defines serious hemorrhage? - ✔✔Uncontrolled bleeding (spurting or pouring)
from any area, or anytime a caller reports 'serious' bleeding.
✔✔What defines minor hemorrhage? - ✔✔Controlled or insignificant external bleeding
from any area.
✔✔What is the protocol for Inaccessible Incident / Other Entrapments (Non-Traffic)? -
✔✔Protocol 22
✔✔What is entrapment? - ✔✔A situation involving prevention of escape in which there
is an increased threat of injury, illness, or death to a victim.
✔✔What is the protocol for overdose or poisoning (ingestion)? - ✔✔Protocol 23
✔✔What is defined as an overdose? - ✔✔Intentional intake of a potentially harmful
substance (> 8 years old).
✔✔What is defined as poisoning (ingestion)? - ✔✔Accidental intake of a potentially
harmful substance.
✔✔What is Protocol 24 related to? - ✔✔Pregnancy, childbirth, and miscarriage
✔✔What is Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)? - ✔✔Any procedure that involves partial
or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other intentional alteration or injury to
the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.
