TDS

Question 1

EMD

Answer 1

Emergency medical dispatcher

Question 2

T.D.S.

Answer 2

Tiered Dispatch System

Question 3

U.I.P.

Answer 3

Universal interview protocol

Question 4

Immediate dispatch

Answer 4

21 dispatches, high probability of yielding a critical patient.

Question 5

Start card

Answer 5

Portal into TDS, incident creation and 21 immediate dispatches

Question 6

Caller proximity

Answer 6

Determining what party caller

Question 7

TDS code

Answer 7

Two letter, two number code

Question 8

G.C.I.’s

Answer 8

General Care Instructions

Question 9

P.D.I.’s

Answer 9

Post Dispatch Instructions

Question 10

Tag

Answer 10

Suffix added to the end of a TDS code

Question 11

Dispatch descriptior

Answer 11

Two digit code, that best represents the description of the patient’s complaint

Question 12

DQIU

Answer 12

Dispatch Quality improvement Unit

Question 13

EMD watch-out’s

Answer 13

Series of words or phrases describing sudden cardiac arrest

Question 14

CPR distractors

Answer 14

Terms delaying or deterring an EMD from initiating CPR instructions

Question 15

Emergency instructions

Answer 15

Instructions given to caller to provide care for the patient in life-threatening emergencies