What are the three categories of methods for protecting oral health care personnel from radiation exposure?
What will be an ideal response?
Time, distance, and shielding are methods of protecting the operator from radiation exposure. Attention to detail diminishes the need for retakes, so the operator spends less time near the x-ray machine. Structural shielding is generally sufficient, but if there is no barrier available, the operator should stand a minimum of 6 feet from the patient's head.
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If you are unsure if the person has an open __________ you will need to manually open it using either the head-tilt/chin-lift or the __________-__________ maneuver
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
You have been called to a local emergency department to transfer a 67-year-old male to another facility. At the hospital, the emergency physician informs you that the patient and his family have requested the transfer because his doctor is affiliated with the other hospital. At bedside, you see that the patient is receiving an antibiotic through an IV. Though your state does allow EMTs to perform
non-emergent transports of patients receiving normal saline through an IV, it does not allow transport of patients receiving IV medications. When informed of this, the physician states that the antibiotic will be done in 10 minutes and that he will give written permission to start the transport while the medication is infusing. Which one of the following EMT actions would be most appropriate at this time? A) Transfer the patient once all of the medication is infused. B) Stop the IV infusion and transport the patient. C) Follow the doctor's order as long as he writes and signs it. D) Recognize a HIPAA violation and refuse the transport.
The gas above liquid oxygen is maintained:
a. between its freezing point and its critical temperature. b. between its boiling point and its critical temperature. c. at its critical pressure. d. at its boiling point.
Which of the following groups must report elder abuse?
a. Physicians b. Homemakers c. Police officers d. All of the above