If a patient suffered a burn as a result of improper application of the ESU dispersive (grounding) pad, the individual team member responsible may be found guilty in a lawsuit of which of the following?
a. assault
b. battery
c. intentional tort
d. negligence
d
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You have just arrived on the scene of a very serious motor-vehicle collision. EMRs have rapidly extricated an unresponsive female from the driver's seat. The EMRs report that she was unrestrained and struck the steering wheel with her chest and abdomen. As you start the primary assessment, you note that she has snoring respirations and is breathing shallowly at a rate of 24 breaths per minute
Which one of the following should you do next? A) Obtain her vital signs. B) Start positive pressure ventilation. C) Immobilize her to the backboard. D) Perform a jaw-thrust maneuver.
____ occurs as an acute and typically reversible change in mental status from the patient's baseline mental status.
A. Nocturia B. Delirium C. Dementia D. Presbyopia
According to political theorist Antonio Gramsci, members of the ruling class in contemporary societies maintain their power to the extent that they
A. have the ability to undermine their political opponents. B. social classes don't exist in society. C. control the police force and how deviance is defined in society. D. can convince people that society is organized as best as it can be.
According to an analysis of sports and society based on Gramsci's ideas, sports are important social phenomena because they are
A. activities that distract attention away from issues of ideology. B. contexts through which ideological messages can be presented to people. C. mechanisms for promoting democracy and the common good in society. D. vehicles for creating disagreement and social conflict in society.