Your patient is waking up from a seizure; it was the patient's first seizure ever. When you ask what happened, the patient tells you she had the smell of fresh mown grass just before she seized. This sensation is known as a(n):
A) postictal phase. B) tonic phase. C) clonic phase. D) aura.
D
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Which one of the following statements made by a pregnant patient in labor should be of most concern to the EMT?
A) "I have terrible pains in my lower back." B) "My water broke two days ago." C) "The contractions seem to last about 30 seconds." D) "I just passed a lot of blood and mucus."
An intoxicated patient is complaining of a severe headache and a large bruise to the left side of his face after accidentally being struck with a baseball bat during a family picnic softball game. In this situation, being struck with the baseball bat is called the:
A) Nature of illness B) Chief complaint C) Mechanism of injury D) Differential diagnosis
Why is the patient experiencing extreme pain during a myocardial infarction?
What will be an ideal response?
Which of these statements regarding acceptable alterations of radiographic technique is FALSE?
a. Position the image receptor with the posterior edge a greater distance from the lingual surfaces of the teeth. b. Position the image receptor perpendicular to the embrasures of the teeth of interest. c. Expose two radiographs utilizing two different horizontal angles in the same region. d. Redirect the horizontal angle to intersect the image receptor from the distal to avoid canine-premolar overlap.