To which one of the following patients would the EMT administer oral glucose?
A) Alert and oriented 32-year-old female with a blood sugar of 52 and no history of diabetes
B) Confused 44-year-old male with a history of diabetes who is able to swallow
C) An unresponsive 24-year-old male with a blood sugar of 24 and history of diabetes
D) A confused male patient with a blood sugar reading of 96 and history of diabetes
B
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Which of the following is NOT indicated in the management of the patient exposed to organophosphates?
A) Administering sodium thiosulfate B) Using tincture of green soap in the decontamination process C) Decontaminating with water D) Administering atropine
Firefighters have pulled a middle-aged male from a burning bedroom. The patient is unresponsive and has obvious deformity of his left ankle. His respirations are rapid, stridorous, and shallow. Your partner inserts an oropharyngeal airway and begins ventilating the patient with a bag-valve mask. Which one of the following actions would you perform next?
A) Instruct your partner to hyperventilate the patient. B) Find out how long the patient was in the burning structure. C) Check the patient's breath sounds. D) Assess the patient's carotid pulse.
To prepare a solution appropriate for quality control of the refractometer, a technician should use:
A) calcium chloride with an osmolarity of 460. B) water with a specific gravity of 1.005. C) urea with a specific gravity of 1.040. D) sodium chloride with a specific gravity of 1.022.
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