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Medical control has ordered you to administer one tube of oral glucose to a hypoglycemic patient.
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Immediately after receiving this order, you should: x x x x x x
A) document the order on the prehospital care report.
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B) administer the medication and reassess the patient.
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C) ask medical control to repeat the order word for word.
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D) repeat the order back to medical control word for word. - correct answersD) repeat the order back to
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medical control word for word. x x x x
The EMT should avoid focusing all his or her attention on a single critical patient during the triage process
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because:
A. three EMTs are required to effectively manage a critical patient
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B. other patients may die from causes that could have been prevented
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C. all of his or her supplies will likely be depleted on that one patient
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, D. the patient will most likely die before he or she can be transported - correct answersB. other patients may
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die from causes that could have been prevented
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Following a call in which a 6-week-old infant in cardiac arrest did not survive, your partner has severe anxiety
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and is irritable. What should you do?
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A) Allow him to voice his feelings to you.
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B) Tell him that he needs psychiatric help.
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C) Recommend at least 12 hours of sleep.
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D) Report his behavior to the medical director. - correct answersA) Allow him to voice his feelings to you.
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If the EMT could initially only take two pieces of equipment to the side of a patient in cardiac arrest, which of
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the following should he or she select?
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A) AED and suction device
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B) AED and oxygen cylinder
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C) Pocket mask and oxygen cylinder
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D) Bag-mask and suction devices
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← PREVIOUSPAUSE/END TESTNEXT → - correct answersA) AED and suction device
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During the triage process, which of the following injuries or conditions would classify a patient as a high
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priority?
A) Pulselessness and apnea
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B) Unilateral femur fracture and tachycardia
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C) Partial-thickness burns with no respiratory difficulty
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D) A large avulsion to the arm and an altered mental status - correct answersD) A large avulsion to the arm and
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an altered mental status
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What are the recommended dimensions for a helicopter landing zone?
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A) 50 feet by 50 feet
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B) 75 feet by 75 feet
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