The secondary assessment of a patient who complains of right leg pain after falling down several stairs reveals a break in the skin where a fractured tibia bone broke through and then recessed back into the leg. The EMT should recognize this as which type of injury?
A) Open fracture
B) Laceration
C) Closed fracture
D) Partial fracture
A) Open fracture
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Symptoms of Horner's syndrome include all of the following except
a. Absence of sweating over one side of the face b. Profuse sweating over one side of the face c. Ptosis d. Constricted pupils
Your patient is a 73-year-old man who is sitting in a recliner, cyanotic, pulseless, and apneic. The patient's skin is cool and dry. The patient's wife last saw him an hour and a half ago. Which of the following should you do first?
A) Check for rigor mortis. B) Start CPR. C) Attach the monitor/defibrillator. D) Inform the patient's wife that he is dead and nothing can be done for him.
It is rare that a blind insertion airway device will not provide at least some ability to effectively ventilate a patient.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
What is the term for the total of all nights of lost sleep?
A. sleep latency B. sleep debt C. sleepiness quotient D. exhaustion quotient