Emergency Medical Responder 7th Edition
AAOS With 197 Questions
During the ______ phase of the abuse cycle, the victim may try to
minimize or deny the abuse.
tension
p.251
To treat an emotionally disturbed patient against his or her will, you
must:
have a reasonable belief that the patient would harm himself, herself,
or others.
p.253
,Peer support after a stressful incident is a process by which a:
properly trained member of your department provides confidential
support to another member.
p.256
High air temperature reduces the body's ability to:
cool itself by radiation.
p.263
High humidity reduces the body's ability to:
lose heat through evaporation.
,p.263
Common signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion include all of the
following, EXCEPT:
A. flushed, dry skin.
B. light headedness.
C. profuse sweating.
D. nausea and dizziness.
A. flushed, dry skin.
p.264 (Table 13-1)
The most important initial treatment for a patient with heatstroke is:
, moving the patient to a cooler place.
p263
You are providing initial car to a patient who you believe has
heatstroke. The patient, a 33-year-old woman, is semiconscious and
has flushed, hot, dry skin. After moving her to a cooler environment
and maintaining airway, breathing, and circulation, you should:
remove her clothes to the underwear and begin rapid cooling
measures.
p.263
AAOS With 197 Questions
During the ______ phase of the abuse cycle, the victim may try to
minimize or deny the abuse.
tension
p.251
To treat an emotionally disturbed patient against his or her will, you
must:
have a reasonable belief that the patient would harm himself, herself,
or others.
p.253
,Peer support after a stressful incident is a process by which a:
properly trained member of your department provides confidential
support to another member.
p.256
High air temperature reduces the body's ability to:
cool itself by radiation.
p.263
High humidity reduces the body's ability to:
lose heat through evaporation.
,p.263
Common signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion include all of the
following, EXCEPT:
A. flushed, dry skin.
B. light headedness.
C. profuse sweating.
D. nausea and dizziness.
A. flushed, dry skin.
p.264 (Table 13-1)
The most important initial treatment for a patient with heatstroke is:
, moving the patient to a cooler place.
p263
You are providing initial car to a patient who you believe has
heatstroke. The patient, a 33-year-old woman, is semiconscious and
has flushed, hot, dry skin. After moving her to a cooler environment
and maintaining airway, breathing, and circulation, you should:
remove her clothes to the underwear and begin rapid cooling
measures.
p.263
