A patient has an intraventricular shunt. As such, you recognize that there is a problem with what system in the body?

Horizontal rotation of the head to the right will elicit

a. Excitation of the right otolith organs, inhibition of the left otolith organs b. Excitation of the left otolith organs, inhibition of the right otolith organs c. Excitation of the right horizontal semicircular canal, inhibition of the left semicircular canal d. Excitation of the left semicircular canal, inhibition of the right horizontal semicircular canal

Specific functions that the paramedic should perform prior to contacting medical control are called:

A) standing orders. B) online protocols. C) physician directives. D) predefined standards.