During a radiation emergency, if the dose rate exceeds ____________, emergency personnel should await specific instructions from radiation experts on how to proceed.
a. 0.1 Sv/hr
b. 0.5 Sv/hr
c. 1.0 Sv/hr
d. 5.0 Sv/hr
a. 0.1 Sv/hr
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As an EMT, it is important that you be able to do all of the following except:
A) ensure your safety and that of others at the scene. B) provide counseling and advice to patients with personal problems. C) control your own emotions when dealing with patients who say upsetting things to you. D) deal with a wide variety of emotions and behaviors.
Google, Yahoo, and Bing are popular:
a. computer processing units b. Internet service providers c. Internet search engines d. word-processing programs
X-rays can be taken:
A. anteroposteriorly. B. obliquely. C. laterally. D. All of these
A 15-year-old male has been involved in a swimming accident at a spot that is popular with local teenagers. The boy was reported to have jumped or dove from a rock outcropping into the river. He did not surface immediately and was pulled from the water a few minutes later about 25 yards downstream. The patient is unresponsive. His respiratory rate is 8/min. His heart rate is 120/min. His
extremities are cold. Management should include all of the following, EXCEPT: a. opening of the airway with a jaw-thrust and stabilization of the cervical spine. b. drying and wrapping in warm blankets. c. assisted ventilations with a bag-valve mask and oxygen, followed by possible endotracheal intubation. d. administration of sodium bicarbonate to correct acidosis.