An alert and oriented 69-year-old male patient has slight right-arm weakness but exhibits no deficits to the right leg. The EMT should consider this patient to be a:
A) Non-priority transport since no paralysis exists
B) Priority only if the patient also has a low blood glucose level
C) Non-priority since he is alert and oriented
D) Priority for transport to a hospital with a stroke center
D) Priority for transport to a hospital with a stroke center
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A. Alpha B. Beta C. Gamma D. Neutron
When functioning at the scene of a motor vehicle crash in which a patient will require complex extrication, you should enter the vehicle and provide care to the patient:
A. only if the patient has experienced a major injury. B. after rescue personnel have cut the battery cables. C. after receiving approval from the extrication officer. D. only after you believe the vehicle has been stabilized.
A patient gave the lab three guaiac samples of stool. Select the correct code.
A. 82274 B. 82271 C. 82273 D. 82272
Looking at a full mouth series of radiographs you note that an impacted retained primary root tip can be observed between the right mandibular second premolar and the first molar in the premolar periapical radiograph. You note that the root tip appears to have "moved" mesially in the molar periapical radiograph. Which of the following is true regarding the impacted retained primary root tip?
A) It is located on the buccal. B) It is located on the lingual. C) An additional radiograph would be required to determine the buccal or lingual location of the impacted retained primary root tip.