Initial size-up of an emergency incident is conducted by the _______.

a. Reporting party
b. First-arriving unit
c. First-arriving chief officer
d. Telecommunicator


Ans: b. First-arriving unit

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Health systems that use a CPOE have found it takes less time to complete an order, handwriting and transcription errors are virtually eliminated, and _______ are reduced

A) printed labels B) duplications C) numbers of prescription D) state inspections

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A 49-year-old male has summoned EMS for crushing chest pain. He states that he needs his nitroglycerin, but it is in his car in a nearby parking lot. A friend states that he also takes nitroglycerin and hands you his bottle of nitroglycerin. The patient appears very sick. Given the patient's condition, your best action would be to:

A) administer the friend's nitroglycerin. B) have the patient retrieve his nitroglycerin from the car. C) ask the friend to get the patient's nitroglycerin. D) administer half a pill of the friend's nitroglycerin.

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Welcoming the patients can be achieved in simple ways like remembering ____________________ and acknowledging the patients personally

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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When imaging patients with oxygen, how should the oxygen tubing be adjusted when imaging the chest?

have the patient hold the tubing out of the way attempt to move the tubing out of the way during the x-ray without removal remove temporarily so the tubing doesn't result in artifacts leave the oxygen tubing wherever it falls

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