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APCO EMD FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS Module 1-7 | Actual Questions and Answers Latest Updated 202, Exams of Medicine

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APCO EMD FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS Module 1-7 | Actual Questions and Answers Latest Updated 2024/2025 (Graded A+) BLS Cold - ✔✔A resource with basic life support capability dispatched and told to respond in a normal response mode. BLS Hot - ✔✔A resource with basic life support capability dispatched and told to respond in an emergency response mode.

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APCO EMD FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS Module 1-7 | Actual Questions and
Answers Latest Updated 2024/2025 (Graded A+)
BLS Cold - ✔✔A resource with basic life support capability dispatched and told to respond in a normal
response mode.
BLS Hot - ✔✔A resource with basic life support capability dispatched and told to respond in an
emergency response mode.
ALS Hot - ✔✔A resource with advanced life support capability dispatched and told to respond in n
emergency response mode.
Full Response - ✔✔When "everything rolls" using the emergency response mode.
- Anxious - ✔✔Attributes of a successful EMD include all of the following except:
- Helpful
- Anxious
- Compassionate
- Polite
Blind Environment - ✔✔Field medical personnel work on the patients directly. Because EMD's work in a
__________, they must rely on the patient self-reporting or a third party.
- State and identify the roles and responsibilities of an EMD
- Obtain sufficient and accurate information from callers to dispatch resources
- Give appropriate pre-arrival instructions to callers as locally approved medical interrogation guidecards
indicate. - ✔✔The APCO Institute EMD Course was designed to provide enough material to ensure you
will be able to: (Select all that apply)
- State and identify the roles and responsibilities of an EMD
- Obtain sufficient and accurate information from callers to dispatch resources
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APCO EMD FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS Module 1- 7 | Actual Questions and

Answers Latest Updated 2024/2025 (Graded A+)

BLS Cold - ✔✔A resource with basic life support capability dispatched and told to respond in a normal response mode. BLS Hot - ✔✔A resource with basic life support capability dispatched and told to respond in an emergency response mode. ALS Hot - ✔✔A resource with advanced life support capability dispatched and told to respond in n emergency response mode. Full Response - ✔✔When "everything rolls" using the emergency response mode.

  • Anxious - ✔✔Attributes of a successful EMD include all of the following except:
  • Helpful
  • Anxious
  • Compassionate
  • Polite Blind Environment - ✔✔Field medical personnel work on the patients directly. Because EMD's work in a __________, they must rely on the patient self-reporting or a third party.
  • State and identify the roles and responsibilities of an EMD
  • Obtain sufficient and accurate information from callers to dispatch resources
  • Give appropriate pre-arrival instructions to callers as locally approved medical interrogation guidecards indicate. - ✔✔The APCO Institute EMD Course was designed to provide enough material to ensure you will be able to: (Select all that apply)
  • State and identify the roles and responsibilities of an EMD
  • Obtain sufficient and accurate information from callers to dispatch resources
  • Give appropriate pre-arrival instructions to callers as locally approved medical interrogation guidecards indicate.
  • Diagnose the medical/traumatic issue for responders Emergency Medical Dispatcher - ✔✔The acronym, "EMD" stands for: Local - ✔✔Fire personnel are often part of the __________ EMS system because they have received specialized medical training. As such, they are used as resources for emergency medical services. Resource Allocation - ✔✔One of the most important functions of an EMD is: Confidentiality - ✔✔A successful EMD must maintain a higher level of __________. Current and valid CPR certification - ✔✔In addition to the Public Safety Telecommunicator prerequisite, all students MUST also have: Hot Response - ✔✔Responding to the scene "lights & sirens" is considered a: Coordinating & Dispatching - ✔✔An EMD is responsible for __________ and __________ EMS resources based in the predetermined response configurations found in the locally medically approved guidecards.
  • Training in the use and handling of center equipment - ✔✔This course will provide training in all the following areas, EXCEPT:
  • Understanding the role of an EMD
  • Training in the use and handling of center equipment
  • Obtain enough information through Vital Points Questions
  • Give appropriate pre-arrival instructions when followed correctly The EMS system - ✔✔As an emergency medical dispatcher, you play a vitally important role in:
  • All of the Above - ✔✔Standard of Care can be defined at which levels of government:
  • Local
  • State
  • Federal
  • All of the Above
  • None of the Above Emergency Rule - ✔✔The ___________ is one who is faced with an emergency cannot be held to the same standard of conduct as someone who is not faced with such a situation. All Callers Interrogation - ✔✔Which of the guidecard types can be used on all types of 911 calls? Phase 1 - ✔✔The All Callers Interrogation falls under which phase of dispatch? Phase 2 - ✔✔Dispatching a call falls under which phase of dispatch? Phase 3 - ✔✔Pre-arrival instructions fall under which phase of dispatch?
  • Repetitive persistence - ✔✔Which of the following is not a syndrome identified in the text regarding hysteria?
  • It's not working
  • Telescoping of time
  • Secondary patient
  • Repetitive persistence
  • Scripted Chief Complain - ✔✔Which of the following is not one of the three guidecard types?
  • All Callers Interrogation
  • Individual Chief Complaint
  • Scripted Medical Instructions
  • Scripted Chief Complain False - ✔✔T/F: Children callers are always able to portray the seriousness of an emergency by the tone of their voice. Trauma - ✔✔__________ is generally defined as physical injury caused by accident or violence. True - ✔✔T/F: No single way of controlling panicked callers will work every time.
  • Unfamiliar medical information
  • Children or Elderly callers
  • Screaming/Emotional callers
  • Sounds/Looks bad - ✔✔Which of the following are "response upgrade" mistakes? (Select all that apply)
  • Unfamiliar medical information
  • Children or Elderly callers
  • Screaming/Emotional callers
  • Sounds/Looks bad
  • Unconscious patients 5 - ✔✔The AHA recommendations are that defibrillation is accomplished in less than __________ minutes from the time the call for service is received in the ECC. Verbal - ✔✔A patient that is awake, but only when you talk to them, is considered what level of consciousness? The Nervous System - ✔✔Which body system controls all your body functions?
  • Dry gym floors - ✔✔There are several caution notes on the AED Reference Guidecard, "do not operate the AED in or around..." Which of the following is a safe location to operate the AED?
  • Bathtubs, pools, & Jacuzzis
  • Are there any alarms going off?
  • If alarms, what are they? False - ✔✔T/F: If a caller reports a tourniquet has been applied, the telecommunicator should always direct the caller to remove it. Patient's - ✔✔For medical calls, the terms "left" and "right" refer to the __________ left and right side. AVPU - ✔✔What is the acronym used to remember the levels of consciousness?
  • Ectopic Pregnancy - ✔✔Which of the following "abdominal pain" complaint is defined as being most critical?
  • Gastritis
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
  • Flu Type Maladies
  • Ectopic Pregnancy Suddenly - ✔✔Anaphylactic shock is the most critical allergic reaction and typically manifests __________. Internal & External - ✔✔The two main sites for concern when dealing with bleeding are?
  • All Callers - ✔✔Which of the following is not one of the three categories of Chief Complaint types, presented in Module 5?
  • Medical
  • Trauma
  • Time Life Critical
  • All Callers Repetitive head movement - ✔✔What is not a common cause of headaches?

Chest Pain - ✔✔When the caller describes possible conditions like pleurisy or hiatal hernias, you will use the __________ guidecard.

  • Sugar - ✔✔Diabetes is a disorder where the body does not produce insulin or does not use it efficiently. Which is not a type of diabetes?
  • One
  • Gestational
  • Sugar
  • Two Enclosed spaces - ✔✔__________ present grave danger where chemicals or gases may be present. Individual Chief Complaint - ✔✔Which of the guidecard types would be used when a patient has informed you they are experiencing chest pains? Time/Life Critical - ✔✔Which of the guidecard types would be used when giving CPR instructions? Time/Life Critical - ✔✔Which of the guidecard types would be used for a person with an obstructed airway? Traumatic Incidents - ✔✔Which of the guidecard types would be used for a person injured in a motor vehicle collision? Caustic ingestion of acid or lye - ✔✔With poisonings, do not give the patient anything to eat or drink in case of? Children generally suffer more severe injuries in comparison to adults - ✔✔Choose any special consideration for animal bites.
  • Police general order - ✔✔Continuing Dispatch Education should be focused on all the following objectives EXCEPT:
  • Understanding medical conditions
  • Improving skills in providing pre-arrival instructions
  • Police general order
  • EMD guidecard familiarization
  • Private Citizen - ✔✔Dispatch feedback should include all the following EXCEPT:
  • EMS Field Personnel
  • Law Enforcement
  • Hospital Personnel
  • Private Citizen Every 2 years - ✔✔How often must an APCO EMD recertify? Medical Emergencies & Terminology - ✔✔Which aspect should an emergency medical dispatcher receive supplemental training on?
  • Taking a college course on computer coding - ✔✔Which of the following is NOT a CDE activity mentioned in the text?
  • APCO Institute Courses
  • Scenario Training
  • Taking a college course on computer coding
  • Ride Along's
  • Increase call answering times - ✔✔Having a successful QA/QI program can do all the following EXCEPT:
  • Reduce risk management
  • Identify poor performance/behavior
  • Identify good performance/behavior
  • Increase call answering times
  • 24 hours over 2 years of CDE credit (12 hours annually) - ✔✔Which of the following must be obtained in order to complete the EMD's recertification?
  • 12 hours over 2 years of CDE credit (6 hours annually)
  • 24 hours over 2 years of CDE credit (12 hours annually)
  • 36 hours over 2 years of CDE credit (18 hours annually)
  • 30 hours over 2 years of CDE credit (15 hours annually)
  • Receiving a parking ticket - ✔✔Which of the following is NOT considered a reasonable cause to suspend or revoke your EMD certificate?
  • Habitual or excessive use of on-prescribed narcotics
  • Conviction of driving while intoxicated or driving while impaired
  • Receiving a parking ticket
  • Conviction of a felony True - ✔✔T/F: Attending a local ambulance in-service training focusing on airway management, patient assessment, or use of equipment can be treated as continuing education. False - ✔✔T/F: An EMD can exceed their level of certification and assist in performing procedures and skills if they feel comfortable doing so. Critical Incident Stress Management - ✔✔__________ is a comprehensive, systematic, and multi- component approach for the reduction and control of harmful aspects of stress, following a critical incident. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) - ✔✔__________ is the term applied as the official diagnosis when individuals experience very intense arousal subsequent to the traumatic stressor. Burnout - ✔✔__________ is a cumulative state of mental and physical exhaustion.