Explain the proper hand placement for the obstructed airway maneuver
Wrap your hands around the victim's waist and make a fist with one hand. Place the thumb side of the fist against the victim's abdomen directly above the navel but below the sternum. Grasp the fist with your other hand.
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A) Ilotycin B) Bleph-10 C) Tobrex D) Ciloxan
You are active in your local rural rescue squad as a paramedic. Your small town of 500 people does not have a hospital. There is a small community hospital 25 miles away and a large urban hospital 70 miles away. Recently, you have had two chest pain patients go into cardiac arrest and die after reaching the local community hospital, which does not have a cardiac catheterization lab or
fibrinolytic therapy available. Given your rural setting, which of the following should you suggest to the medical director and rescue squad council as a solution? A) Allow paramedics with the rescue squad to perform 12-lead ECGs and carry bedside cardiac marker assays, heparin, and fibrinolytics. B) Suggest fund-raising activities to build a cardiac catheterization lab at the community hospital. C) Develop a general protocol that states that all patients with chest pain of suspected cardiac origin should be transported directly from the scene to the urban hospital 70 miles away. D) Develop a general protocol that states that all patients with chest pain of suspected cardiac origin should be transported to the community hospital for evaluation by the nurse practitioner before transporting to the urban hospital.
Medicaid provides payment for health care for eligible, low-income citizens.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
A diabetic patient is prescribed chlorpropamide 150 mg po bid. The pharmacy has chlorpropamide 100 mg scored tablets. How many tablets must this patient take per dose?
A. ½ tablet B. 1 tablet C. 1 ½ tablets D. 2 tablets