LATEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM
What are the course objectives for an EMD? - ANSWER: Understanding the role of an
EMD, Obtaining enough information through vital point questions, and giving
appropriate pre- arrival instructions
What are prerequisites for an EMD? - ANSWER: Current/valid CPR Certification
The EMD plays a vita role in what? - ANSWER: The EMS system
Fire personnel often are a part of the _____ EMS systems because they have
received specialized medical training. - ANSWER: Local
Responding to the scene lights and sirens is considered a what call? - ANSWER: Hot
An EMD is responsible for _______ and _______ Ems resources based on the
predetermined response configurations found in the local medically approved EMD
guidecards - ANSWER: Coordinating and Dispatching
EMD course was designed to provide enough material except one of the following -
ANSWER: 1. State and identify the roles and responsibilities of an EMD
2. Obtain sufficient and accurate information from callers to dispatch resources
properly and efficiently
3. Give appropriate pre-arrival instruction to callers as locally approved medical
interrogation guide-cards indicate.
(NOT... Diagnose the medical/Traumatic issues for responders)
A successful EMD maintains higher lever of - ANSWER: Confidentiality
A successful EMD is - ANSWER: Helpful, Compassionate, and polite
one of the most important functions of an EMD - ANSWER: Resource Allocation
A resource with basic life support capability, dispatched and told to respond in a
normal response mode. - ANSWER: BLS Cold
A resource with basic life support capability, dispatched and told to respond in an
emergency response mode. - ANSWER: BLS HOT
A resource with advanced life support with capability, dispatched and told to
respond in an emergency responde mode. - ANSWER: ALS HOT
, When "everything rolls" using the emergency response mode - ANSWER: Full
Response
EMD work in a _________ when relying on the patient self-reporting or third party.
Field medical personnel work on the patients directly - ANSWER: Blind Environment
What Guide-card can be used on all types of 911 calls - ANSWER: All Callers
interrogation
A patient experiencing chest pains would fall under what call type? - ANSWER:
Individual Chief Complaint
A person involved in a motor vehicle collision would fall under what call type -
ANSWER: Traumatic Incident
What call type would be used for CPR instructions? - ANSWER: Time-life Critical
What call types would be used for obstructed airway - ANSWER: Time-life Critical
The all callers interrogation falls under what phase of dispatch - ANSWER: Phase 1
Dispatching a call falls under what phase of dispatch - ANSWER: Phase 2
Pre-Arrival instructions fall under what phase of dispatch - ANSWER: Phase 3
syndromes of hysteria are - ANSWER: Recurrent hysteria, its not working, telescoping
of time, secondary patient
What information is not needed from the caller for VAD - ANSWER: Heart Transplant
What supports the body, provides movement, and protects vital organs. - ANSWER:
Musculoskeletal System
Which of the following do patients sense of impending doom - ANSWER: Cardiac
Arrest, Shock, Respiratory distress, bleeding ( all of the above)
The two main sites of concern when dealing with bleeding are - ANSWER: internal
and external
An abdominal pain complaint that is defined as being most critical - ANSWER: Ectopic
Pregnancy
What guide-card must be used when dealing with pleurisy, pneumonia, hiatal
hernias, rib injuries, muscle strains & shingles - ANSWER: Chest Pain Guide-card
What is not a common cause of headaches? - ANSWER: Repetitive head movement