When triaging multiple burn patients, the EMT would recognize which as suffering the most critical burn?
A) 41-year-old with a partial-thickness burn to the upper left arm
B) 22-year-old with a partial-thickness burn to the right hand
C) 58-year-old with a scald burn to the anterior chest
D) 12-year-old with a superficial burn to the neck and chest
B
You might also like to view...
The three types of movement that occur between articulating surfaces within a joint are
a. rolling, spinning, and turning. b. sliding, gliding, and rolling. c. rolling, gliding, and spinning. d. rolling, sliding, and turning.
A nonimaging nuclear medicine probe of the brain using Xenon 133 radionuclide MJB is reported with code C050YZZ.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Which of the following physiologic actions does epinephrine produce when given for an allergic reaction?
A. bronchodilation and vasodilation B. vasoconstriction and bronchodilation C. bronchoconstriction and vasoconstriction D. blocking of further histamine release
Disseminated intravascular coagulation is defined as a(n):
A) decrease in white blood cell count, which results in decreased resistance to infection. B) pathophysiologic reaction that occurs when cellular ischemia leads to anaerobic metabolism. C) abnormal process in which disease or injury causes hemostasis due to platelet aggregation. D) pathological condition in which the proteins that normally control blood clotting become active.