Patient record documentation states "patient has a history of alcohol and drug use as a teenager and smokes one to two packs of cigarettes daily.". This would be found under the heading _____
a. History of Present Illness
b. Past History
c. Social History
d. System Review
c
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The EMT is correctly assessing a child's apical pulse when he:
A) carefully feels over both carotid arteries for at least 30 seconds. B) uses a stethoscope to listen to and count the femoral pulse rate. C) feels both a carotid and brachial pulse for equality and rate. D) listens with a stethoscope to the child's left side of the chest.
Instruments designed to grasp objects are
forceps scissors scopes sounds
The preferred and MOST effective technique for splinting a proximal humeral fracture involves:
A) placing the patient's affected limb against the axillary region with circumferential wrapping of cravats or three-inch cling. B) application of a short padded splint to the lateral forearm, placing the patient's affected limb in a sling, including just the wrist and not the elbow, and gently swathing the arm and forearm to the chest. C) placing the patient's affected limb in the position of function against the chest with circumferential wrapping of cravats or three-inch cling. D) application of a short padded splint to the lateral forearm, placing the patient's affected limb in a sling, including both the wrist and elbow, and gently swathing this to the chest.
A linear-beam smoke detection system measures _____________between a transmitter and a receiver
a. sound waves b. volumetric air flow c. pressure d. light attenuation