The dome-shaped muscle that acts to ventilate is the diaphragm

Assessment of patients with water-related emergencies is not remarkably different from assessment of patients with other emergencies. In addition to BSI, OEC Technicians may:

a. need to wear an SCBA (Scott Air-Pak). b. need to swim in deep water to retrieve a patient. c. need to don a personal floatation device. d. be required to wear a cold-water rescue suit and stand on a flotation ramp.

Which of the following statements about concussion is true?

a. A person with a concussion will always lose consciousness briefly. b. A person must have to be hit with a great deal of force to sustain a concussion. c. A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury. d. It is safe for a person who may have a concussion to immediately resume whatever activity he or she was engaged in when the injury occurred.