You realize the EMT is properly ventilating an unresponsive adult male patient when:
A) He ventilates smoothly at a rate of 24 breaths/min
B) He flexes the patient's head as ventilations are administered
C) He allows 2 seconds between each ventilation
D) You observe the pulse oximeter trending upward
D) You observe the pulse oximeter trending upward
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Many EMS agencies are now carrying nerve agent antidote kits as part of Homeland Security precautions. These kits consist of pReferenceilled injectors of which two antidotes?
A) Epinephrine (1:1000) 0.3 mg and atropine 2 mg B) Atropine 2 mg and pralidoxime chloride 600 mg C) Diazepam 10 mg and pralidoxime chloride 600 mg D) Epinephrine (1:1000) 0.3 mg and diazepam 10 mg
Patients must be educated so they understand the potential adverse effects that need to be reported:
A) immediately B) during the next visit they make to their physician C) that are allergy related D) to family members so the effects can be monitored by them
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Muscle cells are called muscle fibers because of their coarse texture. 2. Skeletal and cardiac muscles are striated by filaments in their myofibrils. 3. Once a skeletal muscle contracts, it cannot relax until acetylcholine is secreted. 4. Acetylcholine causes skeletal muscles to contract. 5. Acetylcholinesterase is a neurotransmitter.
Your patient is a football player who had his right foot planted and was tackled from the left rear, causing his body to rotate around the axis of his right lower extremity. This mechanism is most consistent with which of the following types of fractures?
A) Oblique
B) Spiral
C) Impacted
D) Comminuted