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An EMS Provider responds to a call and finds an 8- yr old female with no pulse or respirations. The patient has a history of terminal brain cancer. The family states the last time she as seen alive was 5 mins prior to EMS being called. They also state patient has a DNR oder. In NYS, EMS personnel may accept which of the following DNR instruments as valid? - Written out-of-hospital DNR Implied Consent exists when a patient is suffering from a life-threatening injury or illness and is: - unconscious The opposite of distal is - Proximal The chamber of the heart that is most muscular and that pumps the most blood into the aorta is the - LEFT VENTRICLE In correct sequence (VERTEBRAE SECTIONS) - cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal **The purpose of the first set of vital signs is to: - establish a baseline for additional evaluations When you take the pulse of a patient, you are really - counting the pressure waves of blood that the heart sends through an artery