Although not required in OEC 5th Edition, your local mountain protocol states that any time you use a backboard you should always treat the patient as having a neck/back injury and apply a cervical collar. You recognize that this mountain-specific requirement is called a:

a. standard of training.
b. standard of care.
c. medical standard.
d. duty to act.


Answer: b

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