How should an EMT best describe a confused and combative patient with labored respirations and a blood glucose level of 33 mg/dL?

Verbal skills are well maintained until age ________, after which some healthy elderly persons gradually develop reductions in vocabulary, tendencies to make semantic errors, and abnormal pronunciation

a. 60 b. 70 c. 80 d. 90

If the mechanism of injury indicates that your patient may have sustained a spinal cord injury:

A) contact medical control to determine if spinal immobilization is needed. B) assume that a spine injury exists, regardless of the neurologic findings. C) apply a cervical collar and transport the patient in a position of comfort. D) fully immobilize the spine only if gross neurologic deficits are present