EMD Chief Complaint Protocol Usage 2

Question 1

A caller reports her husband is 'acting strange and not making sense.' Which chief complaint protocol should the EMD select?

Accepted Answer

Stroke

Answer

Unconscious/Fainting

Answer

Sick Person

Answer

Behavioral/Psychiatric

Question 2

When a caller cannot identify a single chief complaint and gives multiple unrelated symptoms, the EMD should:

Accepted Answer

Ask clarifying questions until one complaint is clearly dominant

Answer

Use the Sick Person protocol as a catch-all

Answer

Select the protocol for the most recently mentioned symptom

Answer

Transfer the call to a supervisor immediately

Question 3

Which of the following chief complaint protocols is designed specifically for callers who report a patient with no signs of life?

Accepted Answer

Cardiac Arrest protocol

Answer

Unconscious/Fainting protocol

Answer

Sick Person protocol

Answer

Unknown Problem protocol

Question 4

A caller says a child fell from a tree and is crying. Which chief complaint protocol is most appropriate?

Accepted Answer

Falls

Answer

Traumatic Injury

Answer

Pediatric

Answer

Sick Person

Question 5

In EMD protocol systems, the chief complaint is best defined as:

Accepted Answer

The primary problem stated by the caller in their own words

Answer

The diagnosis provided by the caller

Answer

The dispatcher's assessment of the situation

Answer

The list of all symptoms reported

Question 6

A caller reports someone was stabbed in the abdomen. The EMD should select which protocol?

Accepted Answer

Stab/Gunshot/Penetrating Trauma

Answer

Abdominal Pain/Problems

Answer

Traumatic Injury

Answer

Hemorrhage/Lacerations

Question 7

When the caller states 'she just stopped breathing,' the EMD's immediate action before any Key Question is to:

Accepted Answer

Confirm the address and begin the Cardiac Arrest protocol

Answer

Send the nearest unit and wait for their report

Answer

Ask if the patient has a DNR on file

Answer

Transfer to medical control