During all phases of rescue, your primary concern is:
a. extrication
b. safety
c. patient care
d. rapid transport
Answer: b. safety
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When maintaining a professional image, the medical assistant must:
A) discuss personal issues at work. B) participate in office gossip. C) conduct personal business during work hours. D) stay out of office politics.
Treatment for glomerulonephritis may include the use of all the following EXCEPT ___________
a. diuretics b. increase in sodium intake c. corticosteroids d. treatment to lower blood pressure
Which of the following stages of infectious disease includes general complaints such as malaise and fever?
a. Incubation b. Prodromal c. Acute d. Convalescent e. Declining
You respond, along with fire department medical responders, to a 48-year-old woman having a syncopal episode in the bathroom. You find the patient sitting on the commode vomiting into the trashcan. The vomitus appears to look like coffee grounds and has a foul smell. The patient is pale and has been weak for the past few days. She MOST likely has:
A) peritonitis. B) abdominal aortic aneurysm. C) hernia. D) GI bleeding.