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APCO EMD EXAM VERSION 3 NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL
EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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A negligent conduct that was not purposeful or caused by malicious intent. May be the cause of simple human error. - ANSWER-Simple negligence
What are compensatory damages? - ANSWER-repay plaintiffs for actual losses including loss wages, future lost work, hospital/medical bills, and other direct costs and pain and suffering.
What are punitive damages? - ANSWER-Awared to punish defendant.
What is a method that agencies can follow to reduce liability? - ANSWER-Use of well -organized, written orientation and training program for new employees
`What is a dangerous/negligent EMD practice? - ANSWER- Argumentative/combative attitude on the part of the EMD 1 / 3
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Why is the purpose of the EMD guidecards to help the EMD determine what is happening and what they can do about it? - ANSWER-EMDs operate in a blind environment
What are the three guidecard types? - ANSWER-All caller interrogation
Individual Chief Complaint Guidecards
Scripted Medical Instructions
What is the 1st phase of dispatch? - ANSWER-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? - ANSWER-Dispatch Activities Questioning and using guidecards
What is phase 3 of dispatch? - ANSWER-Post-Dispatch Activities 2 / 3
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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. - ANSWER-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? - ANSWER-5 minutes
What are the caution notes on the AED? - ANSWER-Do not
operate in:
water, snow, or ice bathtubs, pools, hot tubs metal street ventilation grates hazardous materials any type of conductive medium
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