Your ambulance service director has given you permission to replace an old fully automated AED with a new semi-automated AED produced by a different manufacturer. Before making the purchase, you must receive authorization to do so from the:
A) Shift supervisor
B) Old manufacturer
C) American Heart Association
D) EMS system's medical director
D) EMS system's medical director
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A) transport resources B) index of suspicion C) plan of action D) mechanism of injury
Strict attention must be paid to ____________ laws by the medical assistant when performing the payroll function
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
You have been summoned for a diabetic patient with altered mental status. What sign would cause you to suspect that the patient is suffering from hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketotic syndrome (HHNS)?
A) Blood glucose level of 52 mg/dL B) Inability to urinate C) Complaint of thirst and dry mouth D) Fruity smell on his breath
You are assisting at an accident scene and are asked to apply a dressing over a sucking chest wound on the patient's left anterior chest wall. Which of the following items would you use?
a. A dry sterile gauze dressing b. Sterile gauze soaked in sterile water c. A clean cravat d. Vaseline gauze