If an electrical accident occurs involving electrical shock to an employee or a patient, the first thing that the health care provider should do is:
A) shut off the electrical power
B) move the victim away from the electricity
C) start CPR
D) place a blanket over the victim
Answer: A
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A patient uses a home ventilator connected to his tracheostomy tube to breathe. Which of the following is the correct procedure to use when moving this patient to the ambulance?
A) Ventilate the patient's tracheostomy tube via a connected bag-valve mask at a normal rate and volume while the patient is disconnected from the ventilator. B) Do nothing; there is no need to ventilate the patient between the house and the ambulance. C) Ventilate the patient's nose and mouth with a bag-valve mask at a normal rate and volume while the patient is disconnected from the ventilator. D) Ventilate the patient with mouth-to-mask ventilations at a normal rate and volume while the patient is disconnected from the ventilator.
Which one of the following statements made by a patient who experienced a syncopal episode should concern the EMT most?
A) "I seemed to get very warm just before passing out." B) "My chest felt funny right before I passed out." C) "I remember feeling faint right before I passed out." D) "The doctor told me to get out of bed slowly, but I didn't."
What is the relative humidity of air at 37° C if the actual water vapor pressure is 33 mm Hg?
a. 89% c. 70% b. 75% d. 25%
You arrive on the scene of a popular nightclub to find a 22-year-old woman in custody of the police. Witnesses state she had been taking her clothes off on the dance floor, and when club staff asked her to stop she struck one of them. She is now sitting in the back of the police cruiser crying. She admits to "X-ing." Which of the following physical findings would you not expect to find in this
patient? A) Tachycardia B) Anxiety C) Hypotension D) Fever