the six links of the patient care chain of survival are: - alert between seizures, what should u do next ? -
ANSWER -1. recognition and response ANSWER -initiate 12-D-2 response, provide all
activation appropriate PDI's and then return to the questioning
2. early CPR
3. rapid defibrillation
4. advanced resuscitation in response to Case entry question 3 the caller
5. post cardiac arrest care reports that her 16 year old brother is on fire , what
6. recovery should u do next ? - ANSWER -initiate 7-E-1
response, provide case entry PDI's A and H, and
return to questioning.
T or F: EMDS are trained medical professionals -
ANSWER -true
An alert, first party caller reports that he was just
bitten by a rattlesnake. What is the best CC protocol?
a question with the pre-question qualifier "(female 12- (Refer to MPDS chief complaint classification table) -
50)" should be asked - ANSWER -only when ANSWER -2. allergies
the caller reports that the patient is a female between (reactions)/envenomations (stings, bites)
the ages of 12 and 50.
list the 5 primary components of the MPDS -
T or F: key questions must be asked in order as ANSWER --Case entry protocol
written - ANSWER -true -Chief complaint (CC) protocols
-Diagnostic and Instruction Tools
-PAI's
DLS links: - ANSWER -Direct the EMD to the -Case Exit Protocols
appropriate Pre Arrival or case exit instructions
List the 6 primary components of the MPDS Chief
T or F: Key Question 7 on Protocol 5 is "(>50) Did complaint protocols - ANSWER --key questions
s/he faint (pass out) or nearly faint?: Based on MPDS -determinant descriptors
standards, it is appropriate to read this question as -post dispatch instructions (PDI)
"Did she faint, pass out, or nearly faint?" - -critical EMD information (CEI)
ANSWER -False -dispatch life support (DLS)
-additional information (AI)
words or phrases printed in ALL UPPERCASE text in
the MPDS key questions indicate that: - List the four commandments of EMD -
ANSWER -a definition is available for the word ANSWER --Chief Complaint
or phrase in the Additional Information section of the -Age
protocols. -Status of Consciousness
-Status of Breathing
T or F: when a second-party caller cannot tell if the
patient is breathing or not, the patient should be List the four priority symptoms - ANSWER --
considered to be NOT BREATHING until proven Abnormal Breathing
otherwise - ANSWER -true -Chest Pain (discomfort)
-Decreased level of consciousness
-SERIOUS hemorrhage
in response to key questuon 1a on protocol 12, the
caller reports that the 14 year old patient was not
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