If patients suddenly become too weak to stand while you are helping them walk across the room, you should:
A) ease them to the floor
B) try to hold them up until they regain their strength
C) lift them and carry them to the closest chair
D) support the upper half of their body and drag them to a chair
A
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You have been put in charge of creating a protocol that will direct care provided by EMS. In regards to a drowning patient who is severely hypothermic and in cardiac arrest, what would you propose?
A) Provide CPR only and withhold the AED. B) Withhold resuscitation if the patient's temperature is lower than 86?F. C) Apply the AED and shock once if indicated. Contact medical direction if additional shocks are needed D) Administer the usual care provided to any other patient in cardiac arrest.
Which of the following tyupes of detectors is very fast to respond but is also easily tripped by nonfire conditions such as welding, sunlight, and other bright light sources?
A. Flame detector B. Smoke detector C. Rate-of rise heat detector D. Fixed-temperature heat detector