Which of the following illnesses are spread through the gastrointestinal tract?
A) Hepatitis A and E
B) Hepatitis B and D
C) Hepatitis C and D
D) Hepatitis A and C
Answer: A
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The most professional way to challenge the company's bias would be to a. Write a letter of complaint to the company president. b. Contact the media to explain that this is not true. c. Present evidence to the insurer that demonstrates massage therapy effectiveness. d. Offer a free consultation for the manager who refuses massage benefits.
While you are performing a secondary assessment, your trauma patient complains of the sudden onset of difficulty breathing. Which of the following is your most appropriate response?
a. Make a mental note and continue with the assessment. b. Stop the assessment and provide appropriate care. c. Reassess the patient, beginning with the head. d. Reevaluate the mechanism of injury.
The distance from the posterior clinoid process to the lateral foramen magnum is less on the pa-tient's left side than on the right side on an AP axial cranium projection (Towne method). To ob-tain an optimal projection,
a. elevate the patient's chin until the OML is perpendicular to the IR. b. tuck the patient's chin until the OML is perpendicular to the IR. c. rotate the patient's face toward the left side until the midsagittal plane is perpen-dicular to the IR. d. rotate the patient's face toward the right side until the midsagittal plane is per-pendicular to the IR.
You have been called for a patient who had a large bag of lime powder tear as he was unloading it from a truck. On arrival you notice that the patient is wearing shorts and has lime dust covering both lower legs. He is complaining of leg pain from the chemical powder. Which one of the following should be the AEMT's next immediate action?
A) Move him to the stretcher for transport. B) Wash his legs off with plenty of water. C) Brush as much of the lime off his legs as possible. D) Cut his clothes off to better assess the extent of the burns.