An individual who steps on a nail and then develops osteomyelitis due to Staphylococcus aureus is described as having acquired the organism via

You have gathered all the equipment an ALS provider needs to initiate IV therapy. Before assembling the equipment, which of the following actions should you take first?

a. Place a tourniquet on the patient's arm. b. Open the IV catheter and hand it to the ALS provider. c. Check the expiration date on the IV bag. d. Remove the protective cap from the IV tubing spike.

The base station may be used:

a. in a single place by an operator speaking into a microphone that is connected directly to the equipment b. remotely through telephone lines c. by radio from a communication center d. all of the above