After sizing up the scene of a patient with a possible infectious disease, your next priority should be to:
A. contact medical control.
B. take standard precautions
C. quickly access the patient
D. notify law enforcement.
Answer: B. take standard precautions
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A) Automated external defibrillator B) Suction machine C) Trauma dressings D) Long spinal board
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A) Perform a secondary assessment focusing on his arm. B) Start positive pressure ventilation. C) Begin IV therapy. D) Insert an oropharyngeal airway and administer oxygen.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) regularly reports on important quality measures. Which of the following statements reflects an improvement in quality care as reported in the 2012 report?
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Gwen is experiencing an acute STEMI and was taken by ambulance to a large metropolitan hospital with a cardiac center
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