What is velocity

What will be an ideal response?


Ans: Velocity - the rate at which displacement changes with time - vector (magnitude and direction) A person may ride a bike at a constant speed of 20 km/h. However, every time they change direction, their velocity changes too. Velocity is a vector quantity, while speed is a scalar quantity

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In addition to being the first to provide apothecary products in the American colonies, John Winthrop was also the:

A) Founder of the first hospital in Philadelphia. B) Captain of the Mayflower. C) Master and warden of the Society of the Art and Mystery of the Apothecaries of New England. D) First governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

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What are common signs that result from mechanical shock, regardless of the cause?

a. pink, cool and dry skin b. alert and oriented to time and day c. bilateral diminished lung sounds d. jugular vein distention, tachycardia

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A 20-year-old female patient has called 911 for chest pain. On scene, you find that she has shallow breathing with an SpO2 reading of 91% on room air. She states she was in a car crash yesterday and diagnosed in the hospital with broken ribs. Her pain is right where the ribs are broken, and she rates the pain as a 10/10. Breath sounds are present bilaterally. In this situation, the EMT should attribute the hypoxia to which cause?

A) The fractured ribs have pierced the lung, causing it to collapse B) Swelling from the rib fractures has compressed the lung C) The patient is bleeding into the lungs, compressing the alveoli D) Pain from rib injury prevents full expansion of the chest cage

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Coinsurance is a fixed percentage of charges that patients pay.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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