After getting the angina patient downstairs and to the cot, the best position for the patient to be transported to the emergency department is the ________ position
A) prone B) recovery C) semi-sitting D) supine
C
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An off-duty EMT is driving down the road when she sees a major vehicle accident. There are no Emergency Medical Responders on the scene yet. There are only Good Samaritans. The EMT is late for a doctor's appointment so she decides that she will not stop and help. The driver of the vehicle dies before help arrives. One of the Good Samaritans notices her EMT license plates and writes them down as
she passes by. The Good Samaritan is angry that the EMT did not stop and help and tries to get the EMT fired for not helping. Which of the following statements is true? A) The EMT is not negligent because she had a doctor's appointment. B) The EMT is negligent because the patient died. C) The EMT is negligent for not stopping and helping. D) The EMT is not negligent because she did not have a duty to act.
____ is the obligation of the physician, and therefore the Paramedic, to keep the promises that are made to the patient.
A. Integrity B. Fidelity C. Devotion D. Veracity
The ________, often referred to as the burning rate, is the rate at which the fuel is losing mass while undergoing combustion and is usually expressed in kilograms per second (kg/s) or grams per second (g/s)
A) heat of combustion (?Hc ) B) mass loss rate ( ) C) heat release rate ( ) D) peak heat release rate
Both the respiratory therapist and the physician have made several attempts to intubate a patient. The patient is becoming more and more cyanotic. Face mask ventilation is inadequate. The most appropriate action to take is which of the following?
a. Administer a paralyzing agent. b. Make another attempt at oral intubation. c. Establish an airway with a tracheostomy. d. Attempt to establish a nasopharyngeal airway.