The mouth and nose first empty into a common passage called the _____.
a. trachea
b. esophagus
c. larynx
d. pharynx
d. pharynx
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Your patient is a toddler who was burned when he accidentally pulled the cord of a deep fryer sitting on a countertop and spilled hot oil on his head and back. He has burns to the back half of his head, as well as his entire back. What percentage of total body surface area does this account for?
A) 36 percent B) 40 percent C) 27 percent D) 18 percent
In reviewing prehospital care reports, you note that over 75 percent of the patients from a nursing home suffer from hypertension. As a knowledgeable EMT, you would recognize that:
A) hypertension is common among the elderly. B) the patients are not taking blood pressure medications. C) an infectious disease is spreading through the nursing home. D) all of the patients must have the same physician.
If the person whom you designate to be your healthcare proxy declines that responsibility:
a. the law of intestacy replaces the healthcare proxy. b. the patient is left on life support until they expire. c. the family will have to go to court to determine who the guardian is. d. interpretation of the advance directives is left up to the doctor.
An extreme deviation from the normal morphology of a tooth is called:
A. convex B. marginal ridges C. anomoly D. mamelons