REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
( DETAILED & ELABORATED) ACTUAL EXAM 2025
TEST 100% SOLVED 2025!!
List the 6 primary components of the MPDS Chief complaint
protocols - ANSWER--key questions
-determinant descriptors
-post dispatch instructions (PDI)
-critical EMD information (CEI)
-dispatch life support (DLS)
-additional information (AI)
List the four commandments of EMD - ANSWER--
Chief Complaint
-
Age
-Status of
Consciousness
-Status of
Breathing
List the four priority symptoms - ANSWER--Abnormal Breathing
-Chest Pain (discomfort)
, -Decreased level of consciousness
-SERIOUS hemorrhage
T or F: although DLS incorporates concepts from both
BLS and ALS it is
actually a unique form of medical practice -
ANSWER-true
chief complaint - ANSWER-the primary reason the patient is
seeking medical
care
chief complaint protocols - ANSWER-Problem-specific MPDS
protocols. Chief complaint protocols function as a secondary
interrogation and contain Key Questions, Determinant
Descriptors, Post-Dispatch Instructions, Critical EMD
Information, Dispatch Life Support Links, and Additional
Information.
Determinant Codes - ANSWER-Alphanumeric response
codes assigned by
combining the Chief Complaint number, the Determinant
Level letter, the
Determinant Descriptor number, and the Determinant
Suffix letter.