Emd Self-Assessment Questions + Notes Qs & As Already Passed!!

calltaking {Ans: the job of answering calls, gathering important information, and providing potentially lifesaving instructions}list 4 call processing objectives {Ans: a. safety b. system response c. patient care d. information for responders}list 6 roles of the EMD {Ans: a. telephone interrogator b. Dispatch Life Support Instruction provider c. resource allocator (triage) d. logistics coordinator e. field communicator f. life impactor}A question with the pre-question qualifier "(Female 12-50)" should be asked: {Ans: only when the caller reports that the pt is a female between the ages of 12 and 50}medical professionals and communications experts from around the world contribute to the ongoing development of the MPDS {Ans: true}the head-tilt is the only recognized method of Airway control in the PAI dispatch environment {Ans: true}defibrillation {Ans: a process in which an electronic device gives an electric shock to the heart helps reestablish normal contraction rhythms in a heart having dangerous arrhythmia or in cardiac arrest}agonal breathing {Ans: an ineffective, deteriorating breathing pattern that lingers after the heart has essentially stopped pumping blood to the brain}PDIs (post-dispatch instructions) {Ans: located in the top right-hand corner of each CC protocol specific to each CC and