EMD COURSE V14 STUDY GUIDE EXAM
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1. All actual response assignments and emergency modes are: - Correct
Answer: predetermined by local Medical Control and EMS Administration
2. Medical professional and communications experts from around the world
contribute to the ongoing dev3elopment of the MPDS - Correct Answer:
True
3. What's the difference between certification and accreditation? - Correct
Answer: Individuals are certified, and agencies are accredited
4. List the six roles of the the EMD - Correct Answer: Interrogator
Field Communicator
Dispatch Life Support Provider
Resource Allocator (Triage)
Life Impactor
Logistics Coordinator
5. List four call processing objectives - Correct Answer: Safety
System Response
, Patient Care
Information for Responders
6. List five benefits of structured calltaking and protocol use - Correct
Answer: An established standard of service
Prioritized responses
Quality improvement procedures
Certification and Accreditation
Reduced exposure to liability
7. The MPDS symbol with the PDI/Lights/Arrow directs the EMD to: -
Correct Answer: Send, PDI's and return to questioning
8. A question with the pre-question qualifier "(Female 12-50)" should be
asked: - Correct Answer: only when the caller reports that the patient is
a female between the ages of 12 and 50
9. Key questions must be asked in order and as written - Correct Answer:
true
10.DLS Links - Correct Answer: Provide links to specific Dispatch Life
Support (DLS) Instructions
11.Key Question 7 on Protocol 5 is "(>50) Did s/he faint (pass out) or nearly
faint?: Based on MPDS standards, it is appropriate to read this question as
"Did she faint, pass out, or nearly faint?" - Correct Answer: False
, 12.Words or phrases printed in ALL UPPERCASE text in the MPDS Key
Questions indicate that: - Correct Answer: a definition is available for
the word or phrase in the Additional Information section of the protocols.
13.When a second--party caller cannot tell if the patient is breathing or not,
the patient should be considered to be NOT BREATHING until proven
otherwise. - Correct Answer: True
14.List the five primary components of the MPDS - Correct Answer: Case
Entry Protocol
Chief Complaint Protocols
Diagnostic and Instruction Tools
Pre-Arrival Instructions
Case Exit Protocol
15.List the four commandments of EMD - Correct Answer: Chief Complaint
Age
Status of Consciousness
Status of Breathing
16.List the four priority symptoms - Correct Answer: Chest Pain
Serious Hemmorage
Decreased level of consciousness
Abnormal Breathing
17.Although DLS incorporates concepts form both BLS and ALS, it is actually a
unique form of medical practice. - Correct Answer: True
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100% Correct COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
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1. All actual response assignments and emergency modes are: - Correct
Answer: predetermined by local Medical Control and EMS Administration
2. Medical professional and communications experts from around the world
contribute to the ongoing dev3elopment of the MPDS - Correct Answer:
True
3. What's the difference between certification and accreditation? - Correct
Answer: Individuals are certified, and agencies are accredited
4. List the six roles of the the EMD - Correct Answer: Interrogator
Field Communicator
Dispatch Life Support Provider
Resource Allocator (Triage)
Life Impactor
Logistics Coordinator
5. List four call processing objectives - Correct Answer: Safety
System Response
, Patient Care
Information for Responders
6. List five benefits of structured calltaking and protocol use - Correct
Answer: An established standard of service
Prioritized responses
Quality improvement procedures
Certification and Accreditation
Reduced exposure to liability
7. The MPDS symbol with the PDI/Lights/Arrow directs the EMD to: -
Correct Answer: Send, PDI's and return to questioning
8. A question with the pre-question qualifier "(Female 12-50)" should be
asked: - Correct Answer: only when the caller reports that the patient is
a female between the ages of 12 and 50
9. Key questions must be asked in order and as written - Correct Answer:
true
10.DLS Links - Correct Answer: Provide links to specific Dispatch Life
Support (DLS) Instructions
11.Key Question 7 on Protocol 5 is "(>50) Did s/he faint (pass out) or nearly
faint?: Based on MPDS standards, it is appropriate to read this question as
"Did she faint, pass out, or nearly faint?" - Correct Answer: False
, 12.Words or phrases printed in ALL UPPERCASE text in the MPDS Key
Questions indicate that: - Correct Answer: a definition is available for
the word or phrase in the Additional Information section of the protocols.
13.When a second--party caller cannot tell if the patient is breathing or not,
the patient should be considered to be NOT BREATHING until proven
otherwise. - Correct Answer: True
14.List the five primary components of the MPDS - Correct Answer: Case
Entry Protocol
Chief Complaint Protocols
Diagnostic and Instruction Tools
Pre-Arrival Instructions
Case Exit Protocol
15.List the four commandments of EMD - Correct Answer: Chief Complaint
Age
Status of Consciousness
Status of Breathing
16.List the four priority symptoms - Correct Answer: Chest Pain
Serious Hemmorage
Decreased level of consciousness
Abnormal Breathing
17.Although DLS incorporates concepts form both BLS and ALS, it is actually a
unique form of medical practice. - Correct Answer: True
