When arriving at the location of a motor vehicle collision on an interstate highway, you should position the ambulance so that:
A) there is a fire truck between you and oncoming traffic.
B) there is a safe area beyond the damaged vehicles.
C) you are nearest to the command post for easy communications with the incident commander.
D) there is a safe area between the damaged vehicles and traffic behind the scene.
B
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A patient complaining of shortness of breath and a history of asthma has the following vital signs: pulse 96, respirations 20, blood pressure 132/86, and SpO2 92% on room air. Mild wheezing is noted bilaterally and the patient states that she has run out of her rescue inhaler (albuterol). Regarding the patient's respiratory status, you would administer:
A) 2 lpm O2 through a nasal cannula. B) 4 lpm O2 through a nasal cannula. C) 12 lpm O2 through a nonrebreather. D) 15 lpm O2 through a nonrebreather.
Melissa is coding a diagnosis and encounters a question mark in response to the diagnosis she selected. What does she need to do?
A) Click Do Not Code to begin again and review the code choices more carefully. B) Use the crosswalk to find additional code sets or clinical vocabularies. C) Click on the cell with the question mark to see her code choices. D) Click Apply to force the application to accept the code she selected.
Tonsillitis is an infection of one or more __________.?
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word