EMD EMD Roles and Responsibilities 3

Question 1

The medical director's primary role in an EMD system is to:

Accepted Answer

Provide medical oversight and authorize the protocols used by EMDs

Answer

The medical director provides physician oversight, approves protocols, and is legally responsible for the medical quality of the EMD program.

Question 2

Quality Assurance (QA) in an EMD center primarily involves:

Accepted Answer

Reviewing recorded calls to ensure protocol adherence and identify improvement areas

Answer

QA programs systematically review calls to evaluate whether EMDs followed approved protocols and to identify coaching or retraining needs.

Question 3

EMD certification typically requires:

Accepted Answer

Completion of an approved EMD training course and ongoing continuing education

Answer

Initial certification requires completing an accredited EMD course, and recertification mandates continuing education to maintain competency.

Question 4

Which best describes an EMD's legal responsibility when it comes to protocol use?

Accepted Answer

Deviating from approved protocols without documented justification can create legal liability

Answer

Because protocols carry medical and legal authority, unjustified deviation exposes both the dispatcher and the agency to liability.

Question 5

The 'priority dispatch' system was developed primarily to:

Accepted Answer

Systematically categorize emergencies and allocate the most appropriate response level

Answer

Priority dispatch protocols use a structured question set to assign a coded determinant that guides the type and urgency of the response sent.

(EMD) Emergency Medical Dispatch Practice Test