Emergency Medical Dispatch UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORECT
Answers
WHAT IS THE GOAL OF EMS? - CORRECT ANSWER TO REDUCE DEATH AND
DISABILITY FROM OUT OF HOSPITAL MEDICAL EMERGENCIES BY PROVIDING A
RAPID RESPONSE BY TRAINED EMERGENCE MEDICAL PERSONNEL TO THE SCENE
OF THE EMERGENCY
EMS INCLUDES WHAT? - CORRECT ANSWER DISPATCH CENTERS
FIRE DEPARTMENT
PARAMEDICS
PRIVATE AMBULANCE COMPANIES
AIRLIFE
HOSPITALS
MEDICAL PRACTICIONERS
VOLUNTEERS
FIRST RESPONDERS
PUBLIC
SPECIALTY HOSPITALS IN KING COUNTY - CORRECT ANSWER REGIONAL
TRAUMA AND BURN CENTER- HARBORVIEW
HYPERBARIC CHAMBER- VIRGINIA MASON
PEDIATRIC ER- CHILDRENS HOSPITAL
HIGH RISK OBSTETRICS- U.W.
WHAT ARE PRE-ARRIVAL INSTRUCTIONS? - CORRECT ANSWER INSTRUCTIONS
GIVEN AFTER INITIAL ENTRY, TO BE GIVEN EXACTLY AS WRITTEN
, WHAT IS EMDPRS? - CORRECT ANSWER EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCH
PROTOCOL REFERENCE SYSTEM
WHAT IS STANDARD EMD PRACTICE? - CORRECT ANSWER OBTAIN SPECIFIC
INFORMATION
OBTAIN SPECIFIC MEDICAL INFORMATION
ACCURATELY PRIORITIZE EACH MEDICAL RESPONSE
DETERMINE NEED FOR PRE-ARRIVAL INSTRUCTIONS
PROVIDE PRE-ARRIVAL INSTRUCTIONS
ALERT APPROPRIATE RESPONSE UNITS
RELAY INFORMATION TO RESPONSE UNITS
WHAT IS A SIGN? - CORRECT ANSWER WHAT YOU OR THE RP OBSERVE, HEAR
OR FEEL ABOUT THE PATIENT
WHAT IS A SYMPTOM? - CORRECT ANSWER WHAT THE PATIENT TELLS YOU
ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL
WHAT ARE VITAL SIGNS? - CORRECT ANSWER RESPIRATIONS, PULSE, BLOOD
PRESSURE, LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS, SKIN, PUPILS, SYMPTOMS
FIRST RESPONDERS ARE? - CORRECT ANSWER TRAINED IN BLS AND PROVIDE
TREATMENT OR STABILATION OF THE PATIENT
WHAT IS ILS? - CORRECT ANSWER INTERMEDIATE LIFE SUPPORT
WHAT IS ALS? - CORRECT ANSWER ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT (PARAMEDIC)
WHAT IS BLS? - CORRECT ANSWER BASIC LIFE SUPPORT (EMT)
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORECT
Answers
WHAT IS THE GOAL OF EMS? - CORRECT ANSWER TO REDUCE DEATH AND
DISABILITY FROM OUT OF HOSPITAL MEDICAL EMERGENCIES BY PROVIDING A
RAPID RESPONSE BY TRAINED EMERGENCE MEDICAL PERSONNEL TO THE SCENE
OF THE EMERGENCY
EMS INCLUDES WHAT? - CORRECT ANSWER DISPATCH CENTERS
FIRE DEPARTMENT
PARAMEDICS
PRIVATE AMBULANCE COMPANIES
AIRLIFE
HOSPITALS
MEDICAL PRACTICIONERS
VOLUNTEERS
FIRST RESPONDERS
PUBLIC
SPECIALTY HOSPITALS IN KING COUNTY - CORRECT ANSWER REGIONAL
TRAUMA AND BURN CENTER- HARBORVIEW
HYPERBARIC CHAMBER- VIRGINIA MASON
PEDIATRIC ER- CHILDRENS HOSPITAL
HIGH RISK OBSTETRICS- U.W.
WHAT ARE PRE-ARRIVAL INSTRUCTIONS? - CORRECT ANSWER INSTRUCTIONS
GIVEN AFTER INITIAL ENTRY, TO BE GIVEN EXACTLY AS WRITTEN
, WHAT IS EMDPRS? - CORRECT ANSWER EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCH
PROTOCOL REFERENCE SYSTEM
WHAT IS STANDARD EMD PRACTICE? - CORRECT ANSWER OBTAIN SPECIFIC
INFORMATION
OBTAIN SPECIFIC MEDICAL INFORMATION
ACCURATELY PRIORITIZE EACH MEDICAL RESPONSE
DETERMINE NEED FOR PRE-ARRIVAL INSTRUCTIONS
PROVIDE PRE-ARRIVAL INSTRUCTIONS
ALERT APPROPRIATE RESPONSE UNITS
RELAY INFORMATION TO RESPONSE UNITS
WHAT IS A SIGN? - CORRECT ANSWER WHAT YOU OR THE RP OBSERVE, HEAR
OR FEEL ABOUT THE PATIENT
WHAT IS A SYMPTOM? - CORRECT ANSWER WHAT THE PATIENT TELLS YOU
ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL
WHAT ARE VITAL SIGNS? - CORRECT ANSWER RESPIRATIONS, PULSE, BLOOD
PRESSURE, LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS, SKIN, PUPILS, SYMPTOMS
FIRST RESPONDERS ARE? - CORRECT ANSWER TRAINED IN BLS AND PROVIDE
TREATMENT OR STABILATION OF THE PATIENT
WHAT IS ILS? - CORRECT ANSWER INTERMEDIATE LIFE SUPPORT
WHAT IS ALS? - CORRECT ANSWER ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT (PARAMEDIC)
WHAT IS BLS? - CORRECT ANSWER BASIC LIFE SUPPORT (EMT)
