A 14-year-old boy has fallen through a plate glass window and is bleeding heavily from a laceration to his arm. His panicked mother has called 911 for help. Since the 911 operators are also Emergency Medical Dispatchers, which one of the following will they be able to provide?

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Emergency Medical Dispatchers are trained to provide instructions on how to control bleeding, which can be life-saving in situations like the one described. However, they cannot provide simultaneous notification of the hospital, information on medical insurance coverage, or the names of the EMTs who are responding.

A 14-Year-Old Boy Has Fallen Through a Plate Glass Window