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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 In people whose skin is darkly pigmeneted, cyanosis is BEST seen by observing - under the tongue You are treating an alert 35-year old trauma patient. You palpate a strong radial pulse of 100. Your partner has taken the patient's blood pressure and advised you that it is 68/32. You should: - asuspect the accuracy of the pressure reading and reevaluate it yourself**A correct statement about diastolic blood pressure is that it is the pressure - a-exists when the heart's left ventricle is refilling (