the six links of the patient care chain of survival are: - ANSWER - 1. recognition and response activation
2. early CPR
3. rapid defibrillation
4. advanced resuscitation
5. post cardiac arrest care
6. recovery
T or F: EMDS are trained medical professionals - ANSWER - true
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emd course v14 questions and answers
the six links of the patient care chain of survival are: - ANSWER - 1. recognition and
response activation
2. early CPR
3. rapid defibrillation 4. advanced resuscitation
5. post cardiac arrest care
6. recovery
T or F: EMDS are trained medical professionals - ANSWER - true
a question with the pre-question qualifier "(female 12-50)" should be asked - ANSWER - only when the caller reports that the patient is a female between the ages of 12 and 50.
T or F: key questions must be asked in order as written - ANSWER - true
DLS links: - ANSWER - Direct the EMD to the appropriate Pre Arrival or case exit instructions
T or F: Key Question 7 on Protocol 5 is "(>50) Did s/he faint (pass out) or nearly faint?: Based on MPDS standards, it is appropriate to read this question as "Did she faint, pass out, or nearly faint?" - ANSWER - False
words or phrases printed in ALL UPPERCASE text in the MPDS key questions indicate that: - ANSWER - a definition is available for the word or phrase in the Additional Information section of the protocols.
T or F: when a second-party caller cannot tell if the patient is breathing or not, the patient should be considered to be NOT BREATHING until proven otherwise - ANSWER - true
in response to key questuon 1a on protocol 12, the caller reports that the 14 year old
patient was not alert between seizures, what should u do next ? - ANSWER - initiate 12-D-2 response, provide all appropriate PDI's and then return to the questioning
in response to Case entry question 3 the caller reports that her 16 year old brother is
on fire , what should u do next ? - ANSWER - initiate 7-E-1 response, provide case entry PDI's A and H, and return to questioning.
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