When a 52-year-old male patient collapsed on his front porch, his family dialed 911. When you arrive, the daughter informs you that the patient has been down for approximately 8 minutes. Assessment reveals him to be in cardiac arrest. What should you do immediately?
A) Contact medical direction for permission to use the AED given the down time
B) Perform five cycles of CPR at a ratio of 15 compressions to 2 ventilations
C) Withhold CPR so that the AED can be applied
D) Start CPR while the AED is applied and readied for use
D) Start CPR while the AED is applied and readied for use
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
One effective way to recruit women and minorities to the fire service is by:
A. enforcing Title VII. B. example. C. legal requirements. D. paying them a higher salary. Hint: Review page 113 of Fire Service Personnel Management, 3rd Edition.
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A) EXIT B) SIMPLEX C) COMP D) E911
After packaging instruments for sterilization, the autoclave or chemclave should be loaded
with both wrapped and unwrapped instrument packs. with as many instrument packs as possible. slowly to prevent damage t primary barrier a dosimeter a collimator a filter