The USDOT regulates compressed gas cylinders, including those used for SCBA, but does not require hydrostatic testing.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


False

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A 24-year-old female who was hiking in shorts informs you that she has been bitten by an insect on her leg. She states no other complaints. Assessment reveals a tick embedded in her leg. As an EMT, you should provide care to this patient by:

A) Wrapping the tick and bite area with roller gauze B) Administering supplemental oxygen C) Removing the tick with tweezers D) Applying a hot pack over the tick

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A clean voided urine from a 27-year-old female was collected at 9:00 am and processed for a routine urinalysis. The specimen demonstrated a positive leukocyte esterase, marked protein, positive nitrite, and 2+ blood

Upon finishing the morning run of urinalysis specimens, the technologist left the specimens at the bench and returned to the chemistry department. Seeing the urinalysis results, the physician calls at 12:00 pm to add a urine culture to the patient's orders. At 1:00 pm the urine specimen is sent to Microbiology for processing and should be A) plated to sheep blood and MacConkey agars using a calibrated loop. B) Gram stained first and, if positive, then plated. C) plated to sheep blood, MacConkey, and phenylethyl alcohol agars using a calibrated loop. D) rejected and the physician called for a recollect.

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Carbohydrates are the body's primary source of:

A) proteins. B) energy. C) minerals. D) vitamins.

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Which of the following is NOT considered a characteristic of respiration?

a. its involuntary b. is triggered by varying levels of oxygen c. its controlled by a specific part of the brain d. carbon dioxide affects respiration

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