You have been dispatched to a residence for a 14-year-old female patient complaining of abdominal pain. As you enter the living room, you see the conscious patient lying on a couch with her father and an Emergency Medical Responder at her side. Which action should the EMT perform first?
A) Determine the chief complaint
B) Ask her father to leave the room
C) Introduce yourself and your partner
D) Get permission to treat the patient
C) Introduce yourself and your partner
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The Financial Services Modernization Act (FSMA) (or Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act) prohibits sharing of medical information among health insurers and other financial institutions for use in making __________ decisions
a. credit b. financial c. payment d. reimbursement
Muscle origin is the place where the
muscle inserts. muscle begins. muscle ends. muscle is at its strongest.
A fiber-wrapped aluminum oxygen cylinder may be filled to:
A) 2,200 psi B) 2,500 psi C) 3,000 psi D) 3,500 psi