The ____ determines the federal medical resources required during a disaster based on stated shortfalls, situation reports, and ongoing assessments from local emergency managers.

Your patient is a 45-year-old female type I diabetic with a history of a nonhealing foot ulcer. On examination, you find that her pedal pulse is present, but she lacks sensation in her foot. This is most likely due to:

A) Brown-Séquard syndrome. B) Raynaud's disease. C) peripheral neuropathy. D) claudication.

The EMT should recognize a possible spinal column injury with no spinal cord involvement when he discovers what assessment finding?

A) Tenderness to the thoracic spine with intact motor and sensory to each extremity B) Intact motor ability to all four extremities with loss of sensation to the legs C) Pain to the cervical spine with loss of sensation to the right arm and leg D) Intact sensation to all four extremities with loss of motor ability to the arms