APCO EMD Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
ASTM standards recommend which percentages of calls are
reviewed? -
correct answer ✅7-10%
Patients who can be aroused when spoken to are considered which
level of consciousness? -
correct answer ✅Verbal
EMD's take calls for situations they can't see. What is the word we
used to describe this? -
correct answer ✅Blind Environment
Which body system controls all of your functions? -
correct answer ✅Nervous
Which of the following is NOT one of the 3 categories of Chief
Complaint Guidecards?
a. All callers Card
b. trauma
c. medical
d. time/ life critical -
correct answer ✅All Callers Card
,APCO EMD Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
When the caller describes possible conditions like pleurisy or hiatal
hernias, you will use the _________ glide card -
correct answer ✅Chest Pain
How often should an EMD receive continuing education? -
correct answer ✅Monthly
Which of the following is NOT a type of diabetes?
a. Type one
b. type two
c. Gestational
d. sugar -
correct answer ✅Sugar
___ is the official diagnosis when individuals experience very
intense arousal subsequent to the traumatic stressor -
correct answer ✅Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Dispatching a call would fall under which phase of dispatch? -
correct answer ✅2
, APCO EMD Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
______ is a cumulative state of mental and physical exhaustion -
correct answer ✅Burnout
______ Is a failure to act or perform in a particular situation as any
other reasonable prudent telecommunicator would. -
correct answer ✅Negligence
Who shouldn't be involved in dispatch feedback? -
correct answer ✅Citizens
Fire personnel are part of the EMS system because they have
specialised media training. What type of resource are they? -
correct answer ✅Local
____ present grave danger where chemicals or gases may be
present -
correct answer ✅Enclosed Spaces
Which of the call types would be used when a patient has informed
you they are experiencing chest pain? -
correct answer ✅Individual Chief Complainant
Answers (Grade A+)
ASTM standards recommend which percentages of calls are
reviewed? -
correct answer ✅7-10%
Patients who can be aroused when spoken to are considered which
level of consciousness? -
correct answer ✅Verbal
EMD's take calls for situations they can't see. What is the word we
used to describe this? -
correct answer ✅Blind Environment
Which body system controls all of your functions? -
correct answer ✅Nervous
Which of the following is NOT one of the 3 categories of Chief
Complaint Guidecards?
a. All callers Card
b. trauma
c. medical
d. time/ life critical -
correct answer ✅All Callers Card
,APCO EMD Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
When the caller describes possible conditions like pleurisy or hiatal
hernias, you will use the _________ glide card -
correct answer ✅Chest Pain
How often should an EMD receive continuing education? -
correct answer ✅Monthly
Which of the following is NOT a type of diabetes?
a. Type one
b. type two
c. Gestational
d. sugar -
correct answer ✅Sugar
___ is the official diagnosis when individuals experience very
intense arousal subsequent to the traumatic stressor -
correct answer ✅Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Dispatching a call would fall under which phase of dispatch? -
correct answer ✅2
, APCO EMD Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
______ is a cumulative state of mental and physical exhaustion -
correct answer ✅Burnout
______ Is a failure to act or perform in a particular situation as any
other reasonable prudent telecommunicator would. -
correct answer ✅Negligence
Who shouldn't be involved in dispatch feedback? -
correct answer ✅Citizens
Fire personnel are part of the EMS system because they have
specialised media training. What type of resource are they? -
correct answer ✅Local
____ present grave danger where chemicals or gases may be
present -
correct answer ✅Enclosed Spaces
Which of the call types would be used when a patient has informed
you they are experiencing chest pain? -
correct answer ✅Individual Chief Complainant
