After paramedic safety is ensured, what is the paramedic's next priority?

A. Patient safety
B. Determine level of consciousness
C. Traffic management
D. Spinal immobilization


Answer: B. Determine level of consciousness

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A) Suction the blood from the airway B) Provide positive pressure ventilation C) Stabilize the knife with bulky dressings D) Remove the knife and seal the injury with an occlusive dressing

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Twice a week, the dental front office administrator should contact the insurance carrier using the computer to download the claim information

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Health care workers must function within the legal scope of practice for the state in which they are employed because failure to do so may:

A) Compromise quality of care and safety. B) Be highly risky and illegal. C) Jeopardize the status of their professional license or certification. D) Lead to termination from their job. E) All of the above F) None of the above

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The time control is found between the

a. incoming line and the exposure switch. b. autotransformer and the timer circuit. c. exposure switch and the step-up transformer. d. incoming line and the step-down transformer.

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