EMD COURSE V14 STUDY GUIDE EXAM
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1. A caller reports pregnancy with abdominal pain. She is 22 weeks pregnant. How many
additional Key Questions are required in Protocol 24?
a. One (#6 only)
b. Three (#5, #6, #7)
c. Two (#6 and #7)
d. None
Correct Answer: c. Two (#6 and #7)
2. During Case Entry Question #3, a child is reported at the bottom of a swimming pool. What
is the next action?
a. Continue questioning only
b. Ask Key Questions 1–4 first
c. Dispatch 14-E-2, read PDI A and D, then return to questioning
d. Ask caller to remove child before dispatch
Correct Answer: c. Dispatch 14-E-2, read PDI A and D, then return to questioning
3. A construction worker falls 35 feet, is conscious, breathing, with serious bleeding and
fractures. What is the determinant code?
a. 17-A-1
b. 17-D-1
c. 17-C-2
d. 17-B-3
Correct Answer: b. 17-D-1
,4. A school fight victim is unconscious after a head injury. How many Key Questions are
required in Protocol 4?
a. Two
b. Three
c. Four
d. Five
Correct Answer: c. Four
5. A shooting victim is alert but having breathing difficulty with serious bleeding. What is the
correct determinant code?
a. 27-A-1
b. 27-B-3
c. 27-D-4
d. 27-C-2
Correct Answer: c. 27-D-4
6. A tiger escapes at a zoo and a victim is injured nearby. Which PDIs are appropriate?
a. PDI A only
b. PDI B only
c. PDI A and PDI B
d. No PDIs
Correct Answer: c. PDI A and PDI B
7. If the complaint appears to be trauma-related, the EMD should select the protocol that:
a. Has the longest checklist
b. Best addresses mechanism of injury
c. Has the fastest dispatch code
d. Uses medical judgment only
Correct Answer: b. Best addresses mechanism of injury
8. A patient is bitten by a rattlesnake and is alert and breathing. Which protocol applies?
a. Protocol 1: Chest Pain
b. Protocol 2: Allergies/Envenomations
c. Protocol 6: Breathing Problems
,d. Protocol 10: Trauma
Correct Answer: b. Protocol 2: Allergies/Envenomations
9. Pre-Arrival Instructions (PAIs) must be:
a. Summarized for speed
b. Paraphrased as needed
c. Read exactly as written
d. Only used when time allows
Correct Answer: c. Read exactly as written
10. The head-tilt is the only recognized airway control method in PAI dispatch.
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer: a. True
11. A 14-year-old seizure patient was not alert between seizures. What is the next step?
a. Continue questioning only
b. Initiate 12-A-1 response
c. Shunt to trauma protocol
d. Initiate 12-D-2 response, give PDIs, then return to questioning
Correct Answer: d. Initiate 12-D-2 response, give PDIs, then return to questioning
12. A 16-year-old is reported on fire. What is the correct response?
a. Continue questioning
b. Dispatch only
c. Initiate 7-E-1 response, give PDIs a and h, then return to questioning
d. Transfer call
Correct Answer: c. Initiate 7-E-1 response, give PDIs a and h, then return to questioning
13. An 8-year-old seizure patient is not breathing. What protocol applies?
a. Protocol 6
b. Protocol 10
c. Protocol 12: Convulsions/Seizures
, d. Protocol 17
Correct Answer: c. Protocol 12: Convulsions/Seizures
14. Pre-Arrival Instructions should always be given even if scene safety is uncertain.
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer: b. False
15. A patient is awake but breathing ineffectively. In Protocol 6 Key Question 1, the patient is
not alert. What should be done next?
a. Continue Key Questions 1–3
b. Dispatch only
c. Shunt to Key Questions 4 and 5
d. Terminate protocol
Correct Answer: c. Shunt to Key Questions 4 and 5
16. A snake bite patient is stable with no symptoms. What is the determinant code?
a. 2-A-1
b. 2-D-4
c. 2-C-2
d. 2-B-3
Correct Answer: b. 2-D-4
17. If the AED is far from the scene, the EMD should begin CPR instructions and return when
AED arrives.
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer: a. True
18. What protocol is used for an unconscious adult choking victim?
a. Protocol A
b. Protocol B
c. Protocol C
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1. A caller reports pregnancy with abdominal pain. She is 22 weeks pregnant. How many
additional Key Questions are required in Protocol 24?
a. One (#6 only)
b. Three (#5, #6, #7)
c. Two (#6 and #7)
d. None
Correct Answer: c. Two (#6 and #7)
2. During Case Entry Question #3, a child is reported at the bottom of a swimming pool. What
is the next action?
a. Continue questioning only
b. Ask Key Questions 1–4 first
c. Dispatch 14-E-2, read PDI A and D, then return to questioning
d. Ask caller to remove child before dispatch
Correct Answer: c. Dispatch 14-E-2, read PDI A and D, then return to questioning
3. A construction worker falls 35 feet, is conscious, breathing, with serious bleeding and
fractures. What is the determinant code?
a. 17-A-1
b. 17-D-1
c. 17-C-2
d. 17-B-3
Correct Answer: b. 17-D-1
,4. A school fight victim is unconscious after a head injury. How many Key Questions are
required in Protocol 4?
a. Two
b. Three
c. Four
d. Five
Correct Answer: c. Four
5. A shooting victim is alert but having breathing difficulty with serious bleeding. What is the
correct determinant code?
a. 27-A-1
b. 27-B-3
c. 27-D-4
d. 27-C-2
Correct Answer: c. 27-D-4
6. A tiger escapes at a zoo and a victim is injured nearby. Which PDIs are appropriate?
a. PDI A only
b. PDI B only
c. PDI A and PDI B
d. No PDIs
Correct Answer: c. PDI A and PDI B
7. If the complaint appears to be trauma-related, the EMD should select the protocol that:
a. Has the longest checklist
b. Best addresses mechanism of injury
c. Has the fastest dispatch code
d. Uses medical judgment only
Correct Answer: b. Best addresses mechanism of injury
8. A patient is bitten by a rattlesnake and is alert and breathing. Which protocol applies?
a. Protocol 1: Chest Pain
b. Protocol 2: Allergies/Envenomations
c. Protocol 6: Breathing Problems
,d. Protocol 10: Trauma
Correct Answer: b. Protocol 2: Allergies/Envenomations
9. Pre-Arrival Instructions (PAIs) must be:
a. Summarized for speed
b. Paraphrased as needed
c. Read exactly as written
d. Only used when time allows
Correct Answer: c. Read exactly as written
10. The head-tilt is the only recognized airway control method in PAI dispatch.
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer: a. True
11. A 14-year-old seizure patient was not alert between seizures. What is the next step?
a. Continue questioning only
b. Initiate 12-A-1 response
c. Shunt to trauma protocol
d. Initiate 12-D-2 response, give PDIs, then return to questioning
Correct Answer: d. Initiate 12-D-2 response, give PDIs, then return to questioning
12. A 16-year-old is reported on fire. What is the correct response?
a. Continue questioning
b. Dispatch only
c. Initiate 7-E-1 response, give PDIs a and h, then return to questioning
d. Transfer call
Correct Answer: c. Initiate 7-E-1 response, give PDIs a and h, then return to questioning
13. An 8-year-old seizure patient is not breathing. What protocol applies?
a. Protocol 6
b. Protocol 10
c. Protocol 12: Convulsions/Seizures
, d. Protocol 17
Correct Answer: c. Protocol 12: Convulsions/Seizures
14. Pre-Arrival Instructions should always be given even if scene safety is uncertain.
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer: b. False
15. A patient is awake but breathing ineffectively. In Protocol 6 Key Question 1, the patient is
not alert. What should be done next?
a. Continue Key Questions 1–3
b. Dispatch only
c. Shunt to Key Questions 4 and 5
d. Terminate protocol
Correct Answer: c. Shunt to Key Questions 4 and 5
16. A snake bite patient is stable with no symptoms. What is the determinant code?
a. 2-A-1
b. 2-D-4
c. 2-C-2
d. 2-B-3
Correct Answer: b. 2-D-4
17. If the AED is far from the scene, the EMD should begin CPR instructions and return when
AED arrives.
a. True
b. False
Correct Answer: a. True
18. What protocol is used for an unconscious adult choking victim?
a. Protocol A
b. Protocol B
c. Protocol C
