Which of the following is a severe burn in a 2-year-old child?
A. Superficial burn that covers 25% of the BSA
B. Partial-thickness burn that covers 10% of the BSA
C. Any full-thickness burn, regardless of its location on the body
D. Any burn that involves the arms, legs, or posterior part of the body
Ans: C. Any full-thickness burn, regardless of its location on the body
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A. use the lift to transfer the resident. B. follow your facility’s procedure for tagging the lift out of service. C. Immediately notify the administrator about the problem. D. contact the fire department at once.
Your patient is a 5-year-old female who has swallowed an unknown amount of two different household cleaning liquids. Your best source for information on how to treat this patient is:
A) the patient's physician. B) a paramedic on scene. C) Poison Control. D) the Internet.
When using the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), the EMT understands that:
A) The score identifies the type of head injury sustained B) The higher score, the better the patient's neurologic status C) The score must be combined with vital signs D) A lower score numerically indicates less severity, just like the Revised Trauma Score (RTS)
Calculate the left ventricular stroke work for a patient with a body surface area of 1.1 m2, blood pressure 105/68 mm Hg, heart rate 86 beats per minute, and cardiac output of 4.3 L/min
a. 10.9 g-m/m2 b. 35.6 g-m/m2 c. 49.5 g-m/m2 d. 54.4 g-m/m2