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EMD Exam 2024 | EMD Actual ExamUpdate 2024 Questions and Correct
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The Academy does not consider aspirin to be a blood thinner in
response to Key Question 5 on Protocol 21: "Does s/he have a
bleeding disorder or is s/he on blood thinners?"
A.) True
B.) False -ANSWER-A.) True
Both ECHO- and DELTA-level Determinant Codes imply potentially
critical, time-sensitive situations.
A.) True
B.) False -ANSWER-A.) True
ECHO Determinant Codes were created to encourage agencies to
send:
A.) The most cost-efficient response
B.) All available responders
C.) The absolute closest response of any trained crew
D.) Their most highly trained paramedic -ANSWER-C.) The absolute
closest response of any trained crew
,ECHO codes only exist on Chief Complaint Protocols without DELTA
codes.
A.) True
B.) False -ANSWER-B.) False
As a general rule, ECHO Codes are included on Chief Complaint
Protocols that involve significant scene safety risks.
A.) True
B.) False -ANSWER-B.) False
You will sometimes have enough information after hearing the caller's
response to, "Okay, tell me exactly what happened," to immediately
initiate an ECHO response for the patient.
A.) True
B.) False -ANSWER-A.) True
Which of the following complaints represents a situation that, without
obtaining any further information, could be properly categorized by an
EMD into one of the MPDS Chief Complaint Protocols?
A.) "He's just laying on the couch looking miserable. I think he's dying.
Come quick!
B.) "Something's wrong with my Mom. She needs an ambulance right
away."
,C.) "My baby just swallowed a marble and it's stuck in her throat. She
can't breathe at all!"
D.) "He's been acting really sick since yesterday, and now he's getting
even worse." -ANSWER-C.) "My baby just swallowed a marble and it's
stuck in her throat. She can't breathe at all!"
Immediately after initiating an ECHO response, you should:
A.) Provide applicable Case Entry Post-Dispatch instructions.
B.) Provide applicable Post-Dispatch Instructions from the
corresponding Chief Complaint Protocol.
C.) Return to the questioning sequence. -ANSWER-A.) Provide
applicable Case Entry Post-Dispatch instructions.
It is clearly a waste of time to ask additional Case Entry Questions and
Chief Complaint Key Questions after initiating a 7-ECHO-1 response
and providing PDI-a and PDI-f for person on fire.
A.) True
B.) False -ANSWER-B.) False
The ECHO send point under Case Entry Question 3 for 9-E-1,
"Obviously NOT BREATHING and Unconscious (non-traumatic),"
applies only to:
A.) non-traumatic situations when a caller reports that a patient is
OBVIOUSLY dead.
, B.) traumatic-injury situations in which a patient is in desperate need
of SPECIALIZED rescue equipment.
C.) non-traumatic MEDICAL arrest situations where the caller
spontaneously provides information indicating that the patient is not
breathing and is also unconscious. -ANSWER-C.) non-traumatic
MEDICAL arrest situations where the caller spontaneously provides
information indicating that the patient is not breathing and is also
unconscious.
An INEFFECTIVE BREATHING situation, when volunteered during
Case Entry, always warrants an ECHO-level response.
A.) True
B.) False -ANSWER-B.) False
For cases where a patient is currently hanging by the neck, and it is
not an OBVIOUS DEATH situation, you should first initiate a 9-E-3
response, provide Case Entry PDI-a, then:
A.) ask if the patient is changing color and if s/he is still warn to try to
determine if the patient is still alive.
B.) instruct the caller not to move or touch anything at the scene in
order to preserve evidence.
C.) Instruct the caller: "Cut him down immediately, loosen the noose,
then tell me if s/he's breathing." -ANSWER-C.) Instruct the caller: "Cut
him down immediately, loosen the noose, then tell me if s/he's
breathing."
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