After you assist a patient with use of her EpiPen, she tells you that it is much easier for her to breathe. However, her heart rate has increased from 92 to 118 beats/min. Regarding the epinephrine, the EMT recognizes the increased heart rate as a(n):
A) Therapeutic effect
B) Side effect
C) Contraindication
D) Allergy
B) Side effect
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The first use of a prehospital system of triage and transport took place:
A) in large cities in the 19th-century United States. B) during the U.S. Civil War. C) during the Napoleonic Wars. D) in ancient Mesopotamia.
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Which analyzer would be most appropriate to use during an airlift transport of a patient?
a. Galvanic c. Clark electrode b. Electrical d. Polarographic
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Where is the CR directed on the lateral skull projection?
superior and anterior to the EAM superior to the EAM superior and posterior to the EAM to the level of the EAM
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The membrane that covers the external opening of the vagina is known as the ____________________.?
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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