Pain perception occurs in the

A 47-year-old female was involved in a motor vehicle collision. She complains of tingling in her feet and toes and feels pain in her lower back. You suspect this patient has sustained an:

A) injury to the spinal column. B) injury to the feet. C) injury to the head. D) injury to the pelvis.

The EMT is by the side of a young female who was cut while washing dishes. She has a jagged laceration to her left forearm that is bleeding steadily and heavily. When attempting to control the bleeding, the EMT would first:

A) tightly wrap roller gauze around a large sterile dressing placed over the top of the injury. B) apply direct pressure to the elbow to slow the flow of blood into the distal arm. C) place a large sterile dressing over the site with hand pressure applied over the top of the dressing. D) wrap the injury site tightly with roller gauze and apply a tourniquet above the laceration.