Rules, Laws, Axioms-True/False Quiz

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Emergency Medical Dispatch Quiz

Test your knowledge on emergency medical dispatch protocols with this informative True/False quiz. It's designed to reinforce essential guidelines and ensure best practices in handling various medical situations.

Key topics covered in the quiz include:

Protocols for assessing dangers and patient conditions
Appropriate responses to different medical emergencies
Importance of specific breathing assessments

30 Questions8 MinutesCreated by HelpingHand321

A red question mark (?) indicates it is optional to use the AGONAL breathing tool.

True

False

A time between breaths of 8 seconds or more is considered INEFFECTIVE breathing.

True

False

If the complaint description involves trauma, choose the CC protocol that addresses the safety issues.

True

False

Use of the AGONAL BREATHING detector tool is not necessary when UNCERTAIN or INEFFECTIVE BREATHING is associated with unconsciousness.

True

False

When the complaint description is fitting, go to protocol 12 regardless of consciousness and breathing status.

True

False

If the caller asks whether the pt should be given their medication now, the EMD can give the instructions to do so if they know how.

True

False

In some cases where arrest is due to extremely serious haemorrhage, controlling bleeding before initiating CPR may increase patient survival.

True

False

Head tilt is not the only method of airway control in the PAI dispatch environment.

True

False

Ripping & tearing pain is not the usual description of a dissecting aneurysm.

True

False

Severity of the pain is often related to the seriousness of the problem.

True

False

Hurts to breathe is considered difficulty or abnormal breathing.

True

False

Colours of clinical significance include; blue , purple, grey, mottled.

True

False

Advising a pt to breathe into a paper bag is considered EMD best practice.

True

False

NON-RECENT is defined as 6 hours or more since the incident or injury occurred.

True

False

All electrical burns are considered worse than they look externally.

True

False

A caller can be advised to re-enter a hazardous environment only if they are able to do so safely.

True

False

Recreational inhalations of harmful substances (chroming) should be handled on Protocol 8.

True

False

A healthy child found in cardiac arrest should be considered to have a heart problem until proven otherwise.

True

False

"Funny noises" reported by the caller generally means the pt is unconscious with an uncontrolled airway and may indicate agonal breathing.

True

False

The presence of an AED does not ensure it's use - the EMD does.

True

False

Chest pain due to trauma should be handled on Protocol 30.

True

False

True heart attacks are uncommon in females <35 and males <45.

True

False

Only when a pt with a partial airway obstruction begins to lose consciousness should you instruct the caller to do an obstructed airway manoeuvre.

True

False

A FOCAL fit involves localised twitching of a part of the body such as the hand, arm, leg or face in an unconscious patient.

True

False

Use of the AGONAL BREATHING DETECTOR tool is mandatory after a fit has stopped for all generalised fitting patients.

True

False

The airway of an unconscious patient must be constantly maintained.

True

False

Sudden traumatic vision problems should be handled on Protocol 28.

True

False

Ground level falls caused by fainting should be handled on the falls protocol (17).

True

False

A hypothermic pt isn't considered dead until they are warm and dead.

True

False

Abdominal and thoracic eviscerations should be handled on Protocol 27.

True

False

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