Your partner informs you that the 3-year-old boy you have been called to care for is breathing 26 times per minute. As a knowledgeable EMT, you would recognize this to be:
A) A rapid rate
B) Adequate breathing
C) A normal rate
D) Inadequate breathing
C) A normal rate
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Which of the below is part of informed consent?
A) Consent must be received from a competent adult for it to be valid B) Explanations must be outlined in appropriate medical terms to be complete C) Just benefits of intended treatment are necessary so as not to frighten the patient D) Numerous clauses that relieve the provider of any liability for battery
Your patient is a 62-year-old woman with a history of COPD. She is slightly more short of breath than usual today. She is alert and speaks three to four words between breaths. Her SpO2 is 93 percent on room air. Which of the following devices should be used for the administration of oxygen to this patient?
A) Nonrebreather mask B) Nasal cannula C) CPAP D) BVM
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
Because most surveys are conducted using simple random sampling, you seldom need to worry about how to apply weights correctly when analyzing them.
After obtaining an arterial blood sample from an arterial line, you would do all of the following except:
a. flush the line and stopcock with the hepa-rinized intravenous solution. b. aspirate at least 5 ml of fluid or blood (dead space or waste). c. confirm stopcock port open to intravenous bag solution and catheter. d. confirm undamped pulse pressure wave-form on monitor.