MPDS EXAM PREP EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
QUESTION>Give two reasons for staying on the line with a caller? - ANSWER~Will they deteriorate- child
caller, mental health
QUESTION>What is the rule fir protocol choice fir trauma incidents? - ANSWER~Scene safety -
mechanism if injury
QUESTION>How do you reconfigure a case in PROQA? - ANSWER~Back at case entry and then add notes
with a verify
QUESTION>Where would you look to find a scheduled case, booked fir tomorrow? - ANSWER~Incident
editor.
QUESTION>What do you do if there is a duplicate call? - ANSWER~Check and validate that the address is
identical, append or treat it as a new call. You can also notify regeolocation via /PVT that it could be a
duplicate call. Review case entry questions again
QUESTION>What does an asterisk before an address mean? - ANSWER~That there are caution notes fir
that address
QUESTION >Post-Dispatch Instructions (PDIs) are: - ANSWER~Basic-level instructions given to the caller
by the EMD immediately after initiating dispatch. These are core specific treatments, warnings or advice
QUESTION>Dispatch Life Support (DLS) - ANSWER~Providing care and Links to appropriate PAI or exit
instructions.
QUESTION>Axioms - ANSWER~Important features that are the basis of many decision-making processes
prior to dispatching
, QUESTION>Agonal Breathing - ANSWER~Ineffective, deteriorating breathing pattern that lingers after
the heart has stopped. irregular, gasping breaths that precedes death.
QUESTION>6 Roles of EMD - ANSWER~Life Support Instruction provider
Field Communications
Logistics Coordinator
Life Impactor
Triage
Telephone Interrogator
QUESTION>Four Call Processing Objectives - ANSWER~1. Safety
2. System Response
3. Patient Care
4. Information for responders
QUESTION>Words in Capital letters - ANSWER~A definition is available for the word
QUESTION>5 Primary components of MPDS - ANSWER~1. Case Entry Protocol
2. Chief Complaint Protocol
3. Diagnostic and Instructional Tools
4. Pre-Arrival Instructions
5. Case Exit Protocols
QUESTION>6 Primary components of Chief Complaint Protocols - ANSWER~1. Key Questions
2. Determinant Descriptors
3. Post Dispatch Instructions (PDI)
4. Critical EMD Info
5. DLS Links
6. Additional Info
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
QUESTION>Give two reasons for staying on the line with a caller? - ANSWER~Will they deteriorate- child
caller, mental health
QUESTION>What is the rule fir protocol choice fir trauma incidents? - ANSWER~Scene safety -
mechanism if injury
QUESTION>How do you reconfigure a case in PROQA? - ANSWER~Back at case entry and then add notes
with a verify
QUESTION>Where would you look to find a scheduled case, booked fir tomorrow? - ANSWER~Incident
editor.
QUESTION>What do you do if there is a duplicate call? - ANSWER~Check and validate that the address is
identical, append or treat it as a new call. You can also notify regeolocation via /PVT that it could be a
duplicate call. Review case entry questions again
QUESTION>What does an asterisk before an address mean? - ANSWER~That there are caution notes fir
that address
QUESTION >Post-Dispatch Instructions (PDIs) are: - ANSWER~Basic-level instructions given to the caller
by the EMD immediately after initiating dispatch. These are core specific treatments, warnings or advice
QUESTION>Dispatch Life Support (DLS) - ANSWER~Providing care and Links to appropriate PAI or exit
instructions.
QUESTION>Axioms - ANSWER~Important features that are the basis of many decision-making processes
prior to dispatching
, QUESTION>Agonal Breathing - ANSWER~Ineffective, deteriorating breathing pattern that lingers after
the heart has stopped. irregular, gasping breaths that precedes death.
QUESTION>6 Roles of EMD - ANSWER~Life Support Instruction provider
Field Communications
Logistics Coordinator
Life Impactor
Triage
Telephone Interrogator
QUESTION>Four Call Processing Objectives - ANSWER~1. Safety
2. System Response
3. Patient Care
4. Information for responders
QUESTION>Words in Capital letters - ANSWER~A definition is available for the word
QUESTION>5 Primary components of MPDS - ANSWER~1. Case Entry Protocol
2. Chief Complaint Protocol
3. Diagnostic and Instructional Tools
4. Pre-Arrival Instructions
5. Case Exit Protocols
QUESTION>6 Primary components of Chief Complaint Protocols - ANSWER~1. Key Questions
2. Determinant Descriptors
3. Post Dispatch Instructions (PDI)
4. Critical EMD Info
5. DLS Links
6. Additional Info
