A 2-month-old presents with labored breathing, fever, and coughing. Auscultation of the lungs reveals significant wheezing bilaterally. Based on this presentation, an EMT would recognize that the patient most likely has:
A) Asthma
B) Epiglottitis
C) Bronchiolitis
D) Croup
C) Bronchiolitis
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Your patient has penetrating trauma to the chest, which you have covered with an occlusive dressing. As you monitor the patient's breathing, you notice he is having more difficulty. You should:
A. palpate for signs of flail chest. B. apply tracheal deviation until breathing normalizes. C. release the dressing momentarily to see if air escapes from the wound. D. wrap the dressing more tightly with absorbent bandages.
Which of the following may result in imprisonment for more than one year?
a. Misdemeanor b. Felony c. Vandalism d. Trespassing
Good Samaritan laws generally:
a. protect a ski patroller from being sued in every circumstance. b. apply to people who do not receive compensation for helping people. c. are the same in every state. d. provide enough protection so that you need not to know whether your mountain has insurance.
When a patient is admitted for the insertion of a neurostimulator for pain control, assign the appropriate pain code as the principal or first-listed diagnosis.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)