Your patient who has been involved in a flash fire tells you he was working on a small engine when volatile chemicals ignited and burned him. He has burned facial hair, and you suspect inhalation injury. Considering their depth, you would classify his burns as:

A) full-thickness.
B) superficial.
C) minor.
D) partial-thickness.

Answer: B

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A) Ensuring that paramedics responded to every call B) Participating in community-based prevention efforts C) Allocating adequate resources for medical direction D) Developing and pursuing a national EMS research agenda

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When communicating with hearing impaired people, you should:

A. speak more loudly than usual. B. face the person so that he or she can read your lips and see your facial expressions C. spell out letters of the alphabet. D. avoid using written communication. E. All of the above

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