If you believe that your assigned task at a rescue incident may be unsafe, it would be MOST appropriate for you to:
A) assign yourself a task that poses less of a safety threat.
B) proceed with the task while exercising extreme caution.
C) reorganize the rescue effort as dictated by the situation.
D) bring your concern to the attention of the safety officer.
Answer: D) bring your concern to the attention of the safety officer.
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A) Provide rapid transport in a supine position B) Clean the outside of the vagina with sterile water and peroxide C) Collect all towels with blood and transport them with the patient D) Prepare her for the possibility that she may have miscarried the baby
Of the three spinothalamic tracts, the ____ tract transmits light touch only.
A. frontal B. anterior C. dorsal D. lateral
The ten categories of HACs for which Medicare will not reimburse include:
a. Non–catheter-associated UTI. b. Diabetes mellitus. c. Stage IV pressure ulcer. d. Cerebrovascular accident (CVA).
Which statement is true regarding Texas?
A) Currently, more than one in three adults in Texas is covered by Medicaid, but only one in twenty children. B) Few potential Medicaid recipients who are in a category unrelated to income, such as blindness or disability, actually receive benefits. C) On principle, Texas has declined virtually all Medicaid funds. D) Texas was so adept at drawing down additional Medicaid funds that the federal government instituted new rules to limit this.