A pregnant woman is choking inside a local restaurant. Who has the legal duty to act?
A) An off-duty EMT who just finished eating and is headed to the bathroom
B) EMTs from another county eating lunch after dropping off a patient at a local hospital
C) An EMS supervisor who just came into the restaurant and is on a week's vacation
D) A retired paramedic who just finished eating and is paying his bill
B
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a. Tachycardia b. Hypotension c. Hyperthermia d. Tachypnea
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a. Nuclear cytoplasmic asynchrony b. Absence of nuclear division c. Excessive proliferation of myeloid precursors d. Decreased proliferation of erythroid precursors
The prototype drug of the histamine H2-receptor antagonists is:
A. docusate sodium (Colace) B. chloroquine (Aralen) C. misoprostol (Cytotec) D. cimetidine (Tagamet)
During a surgical procedure on a pregnant patient, the surgical technologist in the scrub role may be asked to palpate what area to detect possible contractions?
a. carotid artery b. gravid uterus c. radial artery d. xiphoid process