EMD Self-Assessment Questions + Notes
2025 questions and verified answers
predetermined by local Medical Control and EMS Administration - 📌📌- all
actual response assignments and emergency modes are:
true - 📌📌 - medical professionals and communications experts from around the
world contribute to the ongoing development of the MPDS
individuals are certified, and agencies are accredited - 📌📌 - which of the
following best describes the difference between certification and accreditation?
a. telephone interrogator
b. Dispatch Life Support Instruction provider
c. resource allocator (triage)
d. logistics coordinator
📌📌
e. field communicator
f. life impactor - - list 6 roles of the EMD
a. safety
b. system response
📌📌- list 4 call processing objectives
c. patient care
d. information for responders -
a. an established standard of service
b. prioritized responses
c. quality improvement procedures
📌📌
d. certification and accrediation
e. reduced exposure to liability - - list 5 benefits of structured calltaking and
protocol use
send & return to questioning - 📌📌- the MPDS symbol (dispatch + arrow)
directs the EMD to:
📌📌
only when the caller reports that the pt is a female between the ages of 12 and
50 - - A question with the pre-question qualifier "(Female 12-50)" should be
asked:
true - 📌📌- Key questions must be asked in order and as written
Direct the EMD to the appropriate Pre-Arrival or Case Exit instructions - 📌📌-
DLS links:
, 📌📌
a definition is available for the word or phrase in the Additional Information
section of the protocols - - words or phrases printed in ALL UPPERCASE
text in the MPDS key questions indicate that:
true -📌📌 - 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.
shunt to protocol 10 - 📌📌 - in response to key question 1 on protocol 20, the
caller reports that the pt is complaining of mild chest discomfort. what should you
do next?
📌📌
initiate a 12-D-2 response, provide all appropriate PDIs, and then return to
questioning - - in response to key question 1a on protocol 12, the caller
reports that the 14 y/o pt was not alert between seizures. what should you do
next?
13-A-1 - 📌📌 - a second-party caller is reporting a diabetic problem in a 42 y/o
male pt who is awake and breathing. during key questions, the caller reports that
the pt is:
-completely alert
-behaving normally
-breathing normally
what is the best Determinant Code for the case?
16-B-1 - 📌📌 - a second-party caller is reporting that his 15 y/o sister has a
pencil stuck in her eye. during case entry, the caller reports that the pt is awake
and breathing. during key questions, the caller reports:
-the pt is completely alert
-the pt accidentally poked the pencil into her eye while running to catch the
school bus
-the pencil is still stuck in the eye, but no fluid is leaking out of it
what is the best Determinant Code for the case?
📌📌
initiate a 7-E-1 response, provide Case Entry PDIs a and f, and return to
questioning - - in response to Case entry question 3, the caller reports that
her 16 y/o brother is on fire. what should you do next?
12: convulsions/seizures - 📌📌 - a second-party caller reports that his 8 y/o
sister is currently having a seizure. the pt is not awake and not breathing. what is
the best Chief Complaint Protocol?
2: allergies(reactions)/envenomations(stings,bites) - 📌📌 - an alert, first-party
caller reports that he was just bitten by a rattlesnake. what is the best Chief
Complaint Protocol?
2025 questions and verified answers
predetermined by local Medical Control and EMS Administration - 📌📌- all
actual response assignments and emergency modes are:
true - 📌📌 - medical professionals and communications experts from around the
world contribute to the ongoing development of the MPDS
individuals are certified, and agencies are accredited - 📌📌 - which of the
following best describes the difference between certification and accreditation?
a. telephone interrogator
b. Dispatch Life Support Instruction provider
c. resource allocator (triage)
d. logistics coordinator
📌📌
e. field communicator
f. life impactor - - list 6 roles of the EMD
a. safety
b. system response
📌📌- list 4 call processing objectives
c. patient care
d. information for responders -
a. an established standard of service
b. prioritized responses
c. quality improvement procedures
📌📌
d. certification and accrediation
e. reduced exposure to liability - - list 5 benefits of structured calltaking and
protocol use
send & return to questioning - 📌📌- the MPDS symbol (dispatch + arrow)
directs the EMD to:
📌📌
only when the caller reports that the pt is a female between the ages of 12 and
50 - - A question with the pre-question qualifier "(Female 12-50)" should be
asked:
true - 📌📌- Key questions must be asked in order and as written
Direct the EMD to the appropriate Pre-Arrival or Case Exit instructions - 📌📌-
DLS links:
, 📌📌
a definition is available for the word or phrase in the Additional Information
section of the protocols - - words or phrases printed in ALL UPPERCASE
text in the MPDS key questions indicate that:
true -📌📌 - 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.
shunt to protocol 10 - 📌📌 - in response to key question 1 on protocol 20, the
caller reports that the pt is complaining of mild chest discomfort. what should you
do next?
📌📌
initiate a 12-D-2 response, provide all appropriate PDIs, and then return to
questioning - - in response to key question 1a on protocol 12, the caller
reports that the 14 y/o pt was not alert between seizures. what should you do
next?
13-A-1 - 📌📌 - a second-party caller is reporting a diabetic problem in a 42 y/o
male pt who is awake and breathing. during key questions, the caller reports that
the pt is:
-completely alert
-behaving normally
-breathing normally
what is the best Determinant Code for the case?
16-B-1 - 📌📌 - a second-party caller is reporting that his 15 y/o sister has a
pencil stuck in her eye. during case entry, the caller reports that the pt is awake
and breathing. during key questions, the caller reports:
-the pt is completely alert
-the pt accidentally poked the pencil into her eye while running to catch the
school bus
-the pencil is still stuck in the eye, but no fluid is leaking out of it
what is the best Determinant Code for the case?
📌📌
initiate a 7-E-1 response, provide Case Entry PDIs a and f, and return to
questioning - - in response to Case entry question 3, the caller reports that
her 16 y/o brother is on fire. what should you do next?
12: convulsions/seizures - 📌📌 - a second-party caller reports that his 8 y/o
sister is currently having a seizure. the pt is not awake and not breathing. what is
the best Chief Complaint Protocol?
2: allergies(reactions)/envenomations(stings,bites) - 📌📌 - an alert, first-party
caller reports that he was just bitten by a rattlesnake. what is the best Chief
Complaint Protocol?
