Restraining and transporting a competent adult patient without his/her consent may subject a paramedic to which of these charges?
A. False imprisonment
B. Defamation
C. Intimidation
D. Assault
Answer: A. False imprisonment
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a. True b. False
You have been called for a patient who has overdosed on drugs and alcohol. The patient is responsive to painful stimuli and is breathing shallowly at eight times per minute, but exhibits no cyanosis. You should recognize and do which one of the following?
A) Inadequate breathing; administer oxygen at 15 lpm through a nonrebreather facemask. B) Adequate breathing; administer oxygen at 15 lpm through a nonrebreather facemask. C) Adequate breathing; initiate positive pressure ventilation with supplemental oxygen. D) Inadequate respirations; start positive pressure ventilation with supplemental oxygen.
Which primary factor was the trigger that made hospitals limit care to the more acute periods of illness rather than the full course of the disease?
a. Technology b. Physician training c. Shortage of beds d. Pressure to contain costs
On the first day of examination of the primary plates of an eye culture from a 10-year-old female, the following results were noted:
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