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| show | does not involve penetration of the body.
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| show | 6
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| Which of the following is NOT a BLS intervention? | show 🗑
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| show | a cardiac dysrhythmia.
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| show | Survival rates decrease by 7% to 10% for each minute that V-Fib persists
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| show | 16%
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| show | Care is transferred to a bystander.
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| CPR will NOT be effective if the patient is: Responses | show 🗑
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| show | 30:2
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| When ventilating an apneic patient with a pocket face mask, you should deliver each breath: | show 🗑
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| Which of the following techniques should you use to dislodge a foreign body airway obstruction in a patient who is in an advanced stage of pregnancy or who is very obese? | show 🗑
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| The preferred initial treatment to attempt to dislodge a foreign body airway obstruction in an infant is: | show 🗑
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| EMT-Basic training in nearly every state follows or exceeds the guidelines recommended by the: | show 🗑
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| show | state office of EMS.
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| Cardiac monitoring, pharmacological interventions, and other advanced treatment skills are functions of the: | show 🗑
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| show | the presence of a person trained to initiate BLS care cannot be ensured.
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| As an EMT-B, you may be authorized to administer aspirin to a patient with chest pain based on: | show 🗑
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| show | identify areas of improvement and provide remedial training if needed.
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| show | an effective partner.
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| Which of the following statements is MOST consistent with the bargaining phase of the grieving process? | show 🗑
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| Common factors that influence how a patient reacts to the stress of an illness or injury include all of the following, EXCEPT: | show 🗑
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| show | Alarm response, reaction and resistance, and recovery
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| show | respiratory and nervous systems.
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| Which of the following scenarios MOST accurately depicts a posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) reaction? | show 🗑
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| What type of stress reaction occurs when an EMT-B is exposed to many insignificant stressors over a period of several months or years? | show 🗑
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| show | 72
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| show | requests sexual favors in return for something else.
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| It is MOST important for EMS personnel to develop nonadversarial relationships with their coworkers because they: | show 🗑
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| show | substandard or inappropriate patient care.
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| show | a living object.
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| show | Direct contact
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| Which of the following communicable diseases is BOTH a sexually transmitted disease and a bloodborne disease? | show 🗑
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| You should wear a high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) respirator when you suspect that your patient may be infected with: | show 🗑
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| Vaccination against the hepatitis A virus is unnecessary if you: | show 🗑
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| show | 4 to 12 weeks.
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| show | meningitis.
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| show | requesting a CISM team to provide on-scene peer support.
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| show | mark off a danger zone around the downed lines.
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| The EMT-B's scope of practice within his or her local response area is defined by the: | show 🗑
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| As an EMT-B, the performance of your duties will be compared to that of: | show 🗑
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| show | Deviation from the standard of care that may result in further injury
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| show | Expressed
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| show | Implied
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| In many states, a minor may be treated as an adult for the purpose of consenting to or refusing medical treatment if the minor: | show 🗑
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| Acting in such a way as to make another person fear immediate bodily harm is called: | show 🗑
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| show | Dependent lividity
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| show | assess whether or not the patient's mental condition is impaired
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| The topographic term used to describe the location of body parts that are closer toward the midline or center of the body is: | show 🗑
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| A patient has fractured both femurs. Anatomically, these injuries would be described as being | show 🗑
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| A 5-year-old boy has fallen and has a severe deformity of the forearm near the wrist. He has possibly sustained a fracture of the: | show 🗑
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| show | Posterior
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| Relative to the kidneys, the liver is: | show 🗑
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| show | foramen magnum.
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| Which of the following is NOT a facial bone? | show 🗑
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| The firm cartilaginous ring that forms the inferior portion of the larynx is called the: | show 🗑
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| show | cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, coccyx.
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| The most superior portion of the sternum is called the: | show 🗑
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| Which organ lies in the lateral and posterior portion of the left upper quadrant (LUQ) of the abdomen? | show 🗑
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| show | Kidneys
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| show | ilium, ischium, and pubis
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| show | iliac crest.
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| show | acetabulum.
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| The distal aspect of the tibia forms the: | show 🗑
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| show | hinge
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| show | apex
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| Movement or motion away from the body's midline is called: | show 🗑
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| show | Headache
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| Which of the following MOST accurately describes the term “chief complaint”? | show 🗑
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| show | radiating.
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| Baseline vital signs are referred to as such because they: | show 🗑
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| show | sacrum
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| show | explain to her that you will assist her ventilations.
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| show | pharynx.
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| show | encouraging him to cough and transporting.
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| The pressure of gas in a full cylinder of oxygen is approximately ______ pounds per square inch (psi). Responses | show 🗑
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| caring for a critically injured patient. Your partner is controlling severe bleeding from the patient's lower extremities as u use BVM. After repositioning the mask several times, you are unable to effectively ventilate the patient. You should: | show 🗑
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| When administering supplemental oxygen to a patient over a prolonged period of time, you should: | show 🗑
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| Which of the following is the MOST reliable indicator of adequately performed BVM ventilations in an apneic adult with a pulse? | show 🗑
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| Which of the following structures is NOT found in the upper airway? | show 🗑
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| What normally occurs when the level of carbon dioxide in the blood becomes too high? | show 🗑
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| show | cyanosis
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| show | the patient receives definitive care.
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| show | pale
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| show | prepare for immediate transport.
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| If a pulse cannot be palpated at the radial artery, you should: | show 🗑
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| Which of the following statements regarding the mechanism of injury (MOI) is correct? | show 🗑
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| show | Complete the initial assessment and perform a rapid trauma assessment.
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| show | identify and rapidly treat all life-threatening conditions.
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| When auscultating the blood pressure in a patient's upper extremity, you should place the diaphragm (head) of the stethoscope over the _________ artery. | show 🗑
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| show | apply direct pressure to the wound.
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| The presence of subcutaneous emphysema could indicate all of the following conditions, EXCEPT: | show 🗑
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| Which of the following is NOT a function of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)? | show 🗑
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| show | elevating the tone of your voice and exaggerating word pronunciation.
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| Your unit and another ambulance are responding to the scene of a major motor vehicle crash involving at least three patients, the conditions of which are unknown. In order to facilitate access to definitive care for all of the patients, you should: | show 🗑
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| After delivering your patient to the hospital, you sit down to complete the patient care report. When documenting the pt last BP reading, you inadvertently write 120/60 instead of 130/70—the pts actual BP. To correct this mistake, you should: | show 🗑
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| Any radio hardware containing a transmitter and receiver that is located in a fixed location is called a: | show 🗑
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| show | Blood pressure for patients older than 1 year of age
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| General guidelines for effective radio communication include all of the following, EXCEPT: | show 🗑
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| While at the scene of a motor vehicle crash, you determine that there are two critically injured patients and that another ambulance is needed. You attempt to contact the dispatcher with your portable radio, but are unsuccessful. You should: | show 🗑
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| show | Have the driver contact dispatch and relay the patient information to the hospital.
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| show | patient care was inadequate or haphazard.
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| When given to patients with cardiac-related chest pain, nitroglycerin: | show 🗑
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| show | The epinephrine auto-injector delivers a preset amount of the drug.
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| show | suspension.
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| With the flowmeter set at 6 L/min, the nasal cannula will deliver up to ___% oxygen. | show 🗑
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| Epinephrine may be administered by the EMT-B through all of the following routes, EXCEPT: | show 🗑
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| show | Tylenol
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| show | contact medical control.
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| A 40-year-old female is found unconscious by her sister. The patient has a history of diabetes and has been treated for hypoglycemia in the past. You should: | show 🗑
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| A subcutaneous injection is given by pinching the skin and inserting a ___ needle at a ___ degree angle. | show 🗑
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| show | ibuprofen.
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| An alert patient presents with a regular pattern of inhalation and exhalation and breath sounds that are bilaterally clear and equal. These findings are MOST consistent with: | show 🗑
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| Dyspnea is MOST accurately defined as | show 🗑
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| Which of the following statements regarding the hypoxic drive is MOST correct? | show 🗑
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| In order for efficient pulmonary gas exchange to occur: | show 🗑
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| Harsh, high-pitched inspiratory sounds are MOST characteristic of: | show 🗑
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| show | tachypnea and tingling in the extremities.
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| A 59 Y/O M with a history of emphysema complains of an acute worsening of dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain following a forceful cough, barrel-shaped chest, unilaterally diminished breath sounds, and tachycardia. the MOST likely cause of this pt condition? | show 🗑
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| A pleural effusion is MOST accurately defined as: | show 🗑
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| A 60-year-old male presents with acute respiratory distress. He is conscious and alert, has pink and dry skin, and respirations of 24 breaths/min with adequate depth. Which of the following treatment modalities is MOST appropriate for this patient? | show 🗑
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| Which of the following conditions would be the LEAST likely to result in hypoxia? | show 🗑
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| The right coronary artery supplies blood to the: | show 🗑
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| Deoxygenated blood from the body returns to the: | show 🗑
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| show | Aspirin
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| show | placing her in an upright position.
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| show | myocardial tissue dies secondary to an absence of oxygen.
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| show | recumbent position with the paralyzed side down.
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| You are dispatched to a residence for a 66-year-old male who, according to family members, has suffered a massive stroke. Your initial assessment reveals that the patient is pulseless and apneic. You should | show 🗑
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| show | not thinking clearly or is incapable of being aroused
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| The left cerebral hemisphere controls: | show 🗑
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| show | Severe hypovolemia
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| Patients with acute abdominal pain should not be given anything by mouth because: | show 🗑
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| A 35-year-old mildly obese woman is complaining of localized pain in the right upper quadrant with referred pain to the right shoulder. The MOST likely cause of her pain is: | show 🗑
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| When assessing a patient with right lower quadrant pain, you should first palpate the | show 🗑
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| show | Pancreas
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| The parietal peritoneum lines the: | show 🗑
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| show | administer oral glucose as needed and transport.
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| show | Diabetic coma typically develops over a period of hours or days.
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| show | insulin is not available in the body
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| When obtaining a SAMPLE history from a diabetic patient, it would be MOST important to determine | show 🗑
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| Insulin shock tends to develop more often and more severely in children because: | show 🗑
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| You have administered one dose of epinephrine to a 40-year-old female to treat an allergic Rx that she developed after scorpion sting. reassessment shows still difficulty breathing, has a decreasing mental status, and has a BP 80/50 mm Hg. You should | show 🗑
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| show | these chemicals may ignite upon contact with water.
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| show | was given Rohypnol.
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| a man found his wife unconscious on the couch. pt is unresponsive, has a resp of 8 bpm with reduced tidal volume, and a HR of 40 beats/min and weak. husband hands you an empty bottle of Vicodin, which was refilled the day before. You should: | show 🗑
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| show | conduction.
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| show | a loss of water and electrolytes.
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| show | the diver holds his or her breath during a rapid ascent.
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| High humidity reduces the body's ability to lose heat through | show 🗑
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| show | death from suffocation after submersion in water.
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| show | 4 weeks
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| The term behavioral crisis is MOST accurately defined as: | show 🗑
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| Which of the following terms is defined as a manner in which a person responds to his or her environment? | show 🗑
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| In contrast to a behavioral crisis, a psychiatric emergency occurs when a person: | show 🗑
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| show | inquire about the possibility of head trauma.
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| The first step in assessing a patient with a behavioral emergency is to: | show 🗑
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| show | open the patient's airway and assess his respirations.
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| Risk factors for suicide include all of the following, EXCEPT | show 🗑
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| you respond to a call for an “unknown emergency.” Pts husband meets you at the door and states that his wife has been depressed and has locked herself in an upstairs bedroom. He tells you that his .45-caliber handgun is in the bedroom. You should: | show 🗑
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| After a baby is born, it is important to | show 🗑
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| show | firmly massage the uterine fundus with a circular motion.
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| During delivery of the baby's head, you should suction the mouth before the nose because: | show 🗑
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| While examining a woman in labor, you see the umbilical cord protruding from the vagina. You should: | show 🗑
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| show | time the contractions from the start of one to the start of the next
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| show | an ectopic pregnancy.
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| show | take quick short breaths
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| You have just delivered a baby boy. His body is pink, but his hands and feet are blue. His HR 110 beats/min and resp are rapid and irregular. has a weak cry after stimulated and resists attempts to straighten his legs. His APGAR score is | show 🗑
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| show | pregnant patients have an overall increase in blood volume.
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| show | body size
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| Which of the following statements regarding gunshot wounds is MOST correct? | show 🗑
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| show | decrease the severity of deceleration injuries.
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| A driver involved in a rollover motor vehicle crash will MOST likely experience serious injuries or death if he or she: | show 🗑
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| show | intracranial bleeding.
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| show | cavitation
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| show | remember that it could still deploy and seriously injure you.
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| With regard to a motor-vehicle collision, which of the following statements regarding collision #1 is MOST correct? | show 🗑
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| The energy of a moving object is called: | show 🗑
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| When assessing an elderly patient who fell, it is important to remember that: | show 🗑
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| show | 100 to 220 mL
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| show | spleen
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| External bleeding from a vein is relatively easy to control because: | show 🗑
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| show | 20
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| show | ability of the blood to effectively clot
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| show | fibrinogen
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| When using a stick and square knot as a tourniquet to control severe bleeding from an amputated arm, the EMT-B should | show 🗑
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| show | gastrointestinal bleeding
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| show | repeat the epinephrine injection after consulting with medical control.
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| show | assisted ventilation, thermal management, and elevation of the lower extremities.
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| When assessing a patient with signs and symptoms of shock, it is MOST important to remember that: | show 🗑
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| You respond to a residence for a patient with a severe leg injury following an accident with a chainsaw. When you arrive, you find the patient, a 44-year-old male, lying supine in the backyard. He has a partial amputation of his right lower leg that is ac | show 🗑
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| show | prepare for immediate transport.
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| show | determine if she was injured when she fainted.
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| Capillary sphincters are | show 🗑
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| Which of the following statements regarding the dermis is MOST correct? | show 🗑
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| A closed soft-tissue injury characterized by swelling and ecchymosis is called a/an: | show 🗑
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| show | partial-thickness burns to more than 20% of the body surface area.
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| show | covering it with moist, sterile dressings secured in place with bandages
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| A partial-thickness burn involves the outer layer of skin and a portion of the: | show 🗑
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| A 30-year-old male experienced a crushing injury when his arm was trapped between the back of a truck and a loading dock. Upon your arrival, the man's arm has been freed. Your assessment reveals that his arm is obviously deformed and swollen and is cold a | show 🗑
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