APCO EMD Exam | Questions with Answers
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What is the 1st phase of dispatch? - ✔✔Call-Receiving Activities
determine the location of the patient, the nature of the medical call, whom it occurred, how it
occurred, and when it occurred
What is phase 2 of dispatch? - ✔✔Dispatch Activities
Questioning and using guidecards
What is phase 3 of dispatch? - ✔✔Post-Dispatch Activities
EMD provides updates to responding personnel with additional information as needed.
Giving caller non-medical instructions
After calming down enough to talk to the EMD the caller is told to get the phone as close to the
patient as possible. Once faced with the seriousness of the situation the caller may again
become hysterical. - ✔✔Recurrent Hysteria
What is the recommended time for the defibrillator to be accomplished from the time the call
for service is received in the communication center? - ✔✔5 minutes
What are the caution notes on the AED? - ✔✔Do not operate in:
water, snow, or ice
bathtubs, pools, hot tubs
metal street ventilation grates
hazardous materials
any type of conductive medium
, What system is responsible in taking the oxygen we need in and removing carbon dioxide? -
✔✔respiratory system
What is the system that is made up of bones, muscles, and their connective tissue that supports
the body and provides movement through the actions of muscles and joints while protecting
your vital organs with bones? - ✔✔Musculo-skeletal system
What system is responsible for eating, digesting food and liquids, and eliminating waste? -
✔✔Digestive system
What system is made up of the organs of waste elimination and reproduction? - ✔✔Genito-
urinary System
What is the normal breathe rate for newborns? - ✔✔30-50 breaths per minute
If the patient has pain or clammy skin this is an example of what? - ✔✔Sign
If the patient has nausea or dizziness this is an example of what? - ✔✔Symptoms
What are some examples of reasons why a patient would be feeling impending doom? -
✔✔Cardiac arrest
shock
respitory distress
What third critical cause is indicated by lower abdominal pain & signs of shock? - ✔✔ectopic
pregnancy
what is the most critical allergic reaction? - ✔✔anaphylactic shock
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