MPDS Exam Prep Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Post-Dispatch Instructions (PDIs) are: -
correct answer ✅Basic-level instructions given to the caller by the
EMD immediately after initiating dispatch. These are core specific
treatments, warnings or advice
Dispatch Life Support (DLS) -
correct answer ✅Providing care and Links to appropriate PAI or
exit instructions.
Axioms -
correct answer ✅Important features that are the basis of many
decision-making processes prior to dispatching
Agonal Breathing -
correct answer ✅Ineffective, deteriorating breathing pattern that
lingers after the heart has stopped. irregular, gasping breaths that
precedes death.
6 Roles of EMD -
correct answer ✅Life Support Instruction provider
Field Communications
Logistics Coordinator
,MPDS Exam Prep Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Life Impactor
Triage
Telephone Interrogator
Four Call Processing Objectives -
correct answer ✅1. Safety
2. System Response
3. Patient Care
4. Information for responders
Words in Capital letters -
correct answer ✅A definition is available for the word
5 Primary components of MPDS -
correct answer ✅1. Case Entry Protocol
2. Chief Complaint Protocol
3. Diagnostic and Instructional Tools
4. Pre-Arrival Instructions
5. Case Exit Protocols
, MPDS Exam Prep Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
6 Primary components of Chief Complaint Protocols -
correct answer ✅1. Key Questions
2. Determinant Descriptors
3. Post Dispatch Instructions (PDI)
4. Critical EMD Info
5. DLS Links
6. Additional Info
The Four Commandments of the EMD -
correct answer ✅1. Chief Complaint
2. Age
3. Status of Consciousness
4. Status of Breathing
Four Priority symptoms -
correct answer ✅1. Abnormal Breathing
2. Chest Pain / Discomfort
3. Decrease level of consciousness
4. SERIOUS Haemorrhage
Answers (Grade A+)
Post-Dispatch Instructions (PDIs) are: -
correct answer ✅Basic-level instructions given to the caller by the
EMD immediately after initiating dispatch. These are core specific
treatments, warnings or advice
Dispatch Life Support (DLS) -
correct answer ✅Providing care and Links to appropriate PAI or
exit instructions.
Axioms -
correct answer ✅Important features that are the basis of many
decision-making processes prior to dispatching
Agonal Breathing -
correct answer ✅Ineffective, deteriorating breathing pattern that
lingers after the heart has stopped. irregular, gasping breaths that
precedes death.
6 Roles of EMD -
correct answer ✅Life Support Instruction provider
Field Communications
Logistics Coordinator
,MPDS Exam Prep Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Life Impactor
Triage
Telephone Interrogator
Four Call Processing Objectives -
correct answer ✅1. Safety
2. System Response
3. Patient Care
4. Information for responders
Words in Capital letters -
correct answer ✅A definition is available for the word
5 Primary components of MPDS -
correct answer ✅1. Case Entry Protocol
2. Chief Complaint Protocol
3. Diagnostic and Instructional Tools
4. Pre-Arrival Instructions
5. Case Exit Protocols
, MPDS Exam Prep Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
6 Primary components of Chief Complaint Protocols -
correct answer ✅1. Key Questions
2. Determinant Descriptors
3. Post Dispatch Instructions (PDI)
4. Critical EMD Info
5. DLS Links
6. Additional Info
The Four Commandments of the EMD -
correct answer ✅1. Chief Complaint
2. Age
3. Status of Consciousness
4. Status of Breathing
Four Priority symptoms -
correct answer ✅1. Abnormal Breathing
2. Chest Pain / Discomfort
3. Decrease level of consciousness
4. SERIOUS Haemorrhage
