A ____ event is one where the accumulated smoke within a building ignites and suddenly spreads the fire.
A. flashover
B. backdraft
C. rapid fire spread
D. pyrolytic
Answer: C
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A male patient suddenly found himself unable to talk and with profound weakness to his right arm and leg. Currently he is responsive to verbal stimuli and has the following vital signs: pulse 88, respirations 14 and adequate, and blood pressure 210/80. When transporting this patient to the hospital, what position should you place him?
A) Immobilized to a long board B) Left lateral recumbent C) Prone with head elevated D) Supine with feet elevated
Two EMTs respond to the scene of a syncopal episode. They evaluate a 50-year-old male patient who passed out and cut his upper lip. The EMTs examine the patient and his vital signs are normal. The EMTs talk the patient out of an expensive ambulance ride and suggest he will save money by driving himself to the urgent care clinic for stitches for his lip rather than waiting all night in the
emergency department as a nonemergency patient. The patient signs the EMS refusal form. The patient decides to see his own doctor the next morning but dies at his house from sudden cardiac arrest an hour later. Which of the following statements is true? A) The EMTs are not negligent because the patient signed the refusal form. B) The EMTs are not negligent because the EMTs have no control over the patient's medical condition. C) The EMTs are negligent because the patient died. D) The EMTs are negligent because there was proximate causation.
Antivirals exert their pharmacologic activity by
a. inhibiting translation of RNA into proteins. b. inhibiting cell wall synthesis. c. inhibiting protein synthesis. d. inhibiting DNA synthesis.
If the windshield of a wrecked vehicle is cracked or broken:
A) you should assume that the driver has a severe intracerebral hemorrhage. B) the front seat occupant has a cervical spine injury until proven otherwise. C) the rear seat passenger was likely thrust from the seat into the windshield. D) it is likely that the vehicle was traveling at least 55 mph at the time of impact.