The partnership between EMS providers and public health officials in preparation for and response to pandemics, natural disasters, and mass casualties is vital to reducing morbidity and mortality in these situations.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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You are instructing an Emergency Medical Responder course. One of the students asks you how the head-tilt, chin-lift airway maneuver works to open the airway. Your response is:
A) "It opens the airway by lifting the tongue from the back of the throat." B) "It creates an open airway by separating the lips, thus allowing air to enter." C) "It stimulates the patient to begin taking deeper breaths, thus moving air into the lungs." D) "It opens the airway by relaxing and expanding the size of the throat."
The temperature to which a mixture of fuel gas and air must be raised to initiate combustion without any external heat source is called:
A) autoignition temperature. B) heat of combustion. C) heat release rate. D) heat of vaporization.
There are 12 grams of pure drug in 75 milliliters of solution. What is the percent strength of the solution? Round to the nearest hundredth
What will be an ideal response?
A patient informs you that he has a hard time breathing when he lies in bed. You would best document this as:
A) dyspnea. B) tachypnea. C) nocturnal dyspnea. D) orthopnea.