Capillary blood collection tubes that contain heparin (to prevent clotting) are identified by a red mark.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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You are tasked with moving an elderly woman with respiratory distress from her upstairs bedroom to the ambulance on your stretcher. Which of the following instructions would be MOST appropriate to give to your partner?
A) "We both need to face forward when carrying her down the stairs." B) "We want her to face the top of the stairs when we carry her down." C) "Let's have her hold the stair railing for balance as we carry her down." D) "Why don't you take the head and we'll carry her down feet first."
A patient complains of lower back pain after falling down five stairs. Assessment of the patient's cervical spine reveals no displacement, tenderness, or instability. The patient does state that each leg has feelings of "electrical shocks" shooting through them. How should the EMT care for this patient?
A) Release manual spine motion restriction precautions B) Apply a properly sized cervical collar after initiating manual spine motion restriction C) Secure the patient to a backboard without a cervical collar D) Inform the team that spine motion restriction precautions are not needed
The P section of SOAP documentation is
A. data that is provided by the patient. B. data provided by test results and from the physician. C. the diagnosis or impression of a patient's problem. D. the plan of action, which includes treatment, patient education, and follow-up.
Parkinson's disease is the result of a dysfunction of this area of the brain.
A. Cerebral cortex B. Diencephalons C. Basal ganglia D. Cerebellum