An elderly patient has fallen down a flight of stairs and is complaining of neck and back pain as well as weakness to both legs. The primary assessment reveals no life threats to the airway, breathing, or circulation. Manual in-line spinal stabilization is being maintained. Which of the following would the EMT do next?
A) Apply high-concentration oxygen and move to the stretcher for transport.
B) Complete the secondary assessment looking for injuries.
C) Place an oral airway and begin positive pressure ventilation.
D) Place a cervical collar and immobilize to the long spine board.
B
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Emergency Medical Responders (EMRs) respond to a female patient who was found by her husband in their second-floor bedroom. When the responders arrived, she was lying on her bed, with a tourniquet on her arm. They also found a syringe, with unknown contents, lying on the floor next to the bed. Her husband denies that she abuses any drugs. The EMRs have removed the tourniquet and inserted a nasopharyngeal airway, and they are providing positive pressure ventilations at the rate of 10 breaths/min with a bag-valve-mask device and supplemental oxygen. You note the woman to be unresponsive, with a pulse rate of 52, and apneic. What would your initial proper care include?
A) Seek an order to administer naloxone B) Apply the AED C) Extricate the patient from the bedroom D) Immediately move the patient to a firm surface
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In the Quinlan case, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Quinlans. How did the hospital administrator respond?
A. She said she would pray for guidance. B. She appealed the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. C. She complied with the decision. D. She refused to implement the decision. E. She obtained an injunction against the decision by a county judge.