Your patient is a 10-year-old male whose jacket hood caught on a branch as he jumped out of a tree. He was momentarily suspended about 12 inches off the ground but was immediately lowered to the ground by his brothers. Which of the following injuries should you suspect?

You are dispatched to a residence for a patient having a seizure. Upon arriving at the scene, you find that the patient, a 39-year-old male, is experiencing a generalized tonic-clonic seizure and is cyanotic. His wife tells you that he has been like this since she called 9-1-1. In addition to protecting the patient from injury, you should:

A: assist his breathing with a bag-mask device, establish vascular access, and administer 5 mg of diazepam. B: apply high-flow oxygen via nonrebreathing mask, place him on his side, and wait for the seizure to stop. C: intubate him to prevent aspiration, establish IV or IO access, and administer 0.1 mg/kg of lorazepam. D: administer 0.5 mg/kg of diazepam rectally, cover him with a blanket, and administer high-flow oxygen.

When using disinfectant to clean the examination room, it is not necessary to perform hand hygiene and put on disposable gloves.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)