If chest pain follows a meal and increases when the patient bends over, it is generally due to ________.
A. heartburn
B. pleurisy
C. costochondritis
D. sore muscles
E. pulmonary embolism
Answer: A
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A lifeguard has fallen 10 feet from his chair and has deformity, swelling, and ecchymosis to her right lower leg. The leg also is rotated medially. Another lifeguard has taken and is maintaining manual inline spinal stabilization. As your partner conducts the primary assessment, you should take which one of the following actions?
A) Ready the traction splint for application. B) Align the leg in a neutral position. C) Manually stabilize the lower right leg. D) Check the right foot for pulses and motor ability.
You have been called to a bar full of intoxicated patrons for a 46-year-old man who fell off his stool, injuring his left arm. As you assess his arm, the patient screams in pain. Several of the patrons get angry and yell for you to give him something for pain. Someone in the back throws a bottle in your direction. What should you do next?
A) Leave the scene and return only when police have made it safe to do so B) Ignore the yelling and continue to care for the patient as you would anyone else with a similar injury C) Inform the patrons that you are a medical professional and will care for the patient as you have been educated to do so D) Contact medical command for permission to give aspirin as a pain medication
Hazmat PPE is classified into four different levels of protection. Which suit level includes breathing protection (SCBA) but is NOT fully encapsulated?
A) Level A B) Level B C) Level C D) Level D
Urine can be:
A) tested immediately. B) frozen. C) refrigerated. D) any of the above.