If you are caring for an unresponsive person who you suspect may have a neck injury and you are not able to open the person's airway using the jaw-thrust maneuver, you should immediately:
a. call for more advanced care
b. attempt to ventilate the person
c. switch to the head-tilt/chin-lift maneuver
d. realign the person's head
c
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a. True b. False
A 51-year-old male who suffered cardiac arrest has regained a pulse after one shock from the AED. The dispatcher informs you that the paramedic unit you have requested for assistance is coming from the eastern end of the county and has a 20-minute ETA. The hospital is 15 minutes west of your location. Which one of the following would be most appropriate?
A) Load the patient and meet the paramedic unit at a halfway point. B) Wait on scene for the paramedic unit to arrive. C) Load the patient in the ambulance and wait on scene for the paramedic unit. D) Start transport to the hospital and inform ALS of your intent.
A patient who is short of breath and has a history of right arm paralysis from a stroke has asked you to help him use his metered-dose inhaler containing albuterol. Since your medical director requires on-line authorization for albuterol, you would:
A) contact medical command for authorization. B) withhold the medication and transport. C) advise the hospital that the patient will need albuterol D) administer the medication and document accordingly.
Two general types of legal actions can be taken against a health care worker in the line of duty are _____ and _____.?
A) abuse; malpractice B) battery; sexual assault C) negligence; fraud D) negligence; malpractice