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APCO EMD EXAM VERSION 3 NEWEST 2025
ACTUAL EXAM COMPL ETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND
NEW VERSION!!
What skills are combined for emergency medical dispatch?
Correct answer: telecommunicator skills and medical knowledge
What is a requirement needed for be an EMD?
Correct answer: Have current CPR certification from the
American Heart Association, American Red Cross, Safety Council or a United States military equivalent.
What skills will you be able to do after the APCO EMD course?
Correct answer: state and identify roles and responsibilities of
emergency medical dispatch, allocate resources properly and according to local medically approved guide cards, obtain sufficient and accurate information from callers to dispatch resources properly and efficiently, give appropriate pre-arrival instructions to callers as locally approved medical interrogation guidecards indicate, understand the medical information found in locally approved and customized APCO emergency medical dispatch guidecards
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Who is responsible for coordinating and dispatching EMS resources based on predetermined response configurations found in local medically approved APCO guidecards?
Correct answer: EMD
What are some characteristics of a successful EMD?
Correct answer: Maintain confidentiality including not giving
out information about a patient or a caller including knowledge of HIV infection, being helpful, compassionate, and polite.
What are the two most important characteristics of a good EMD?
Correct answer: Compassion for others and the desire to help
them
T or F An EMD serves as part of the local emergency medical service system?
Correct answer: T
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T or F Fire personnel often are part of the STATE EMS system because they have received specialized medical training and are used as a resource for emergency medical services?
Correct answer: F, they are LOCAL
What is one of the most important functions of an EMD that requires an in-depth knowledge of the local EMS system and complete understanding of the philosophy of effective dispatch?
Correct answer: Resource Allocation
What is a HOT response?
Correct answer: Going lights and sirens
A resource with basic life support capability dispatched and told to respond in a normal response mode.
Correct answer: BLS COLD
A resource with basic life support capacity dispatched and told to respond in emergency mode.
Correct answer: BLS HOT
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A resource with advanced life support capacity dispatched and told to respond in emergency response mode.
Correct answer: ALS HOT
Is when everything rolls using emergency response mode
Correct answer: FULL RESPONSE
Making the best of what you have is also known as?
Correct answer: Utilizing resources effectively
How can you utilize resources effectively?
Correct answer: Be familiar with their capabilities, Follow your
EMD Guidecards, Recognize the importance of conserving higher level resources
How is liability related to negligence?
Correct answer: After negligence is proven in court liability is
assigned to a company, a governmental entity or an individual.
A negligent conduct that was not purposeful or caused by malicious intent. May be the cause of simple human error.