Which of the following Standard Precautions should paramedics use with every patient?

A solution has pH 7. Another solute is added to the solution and the pH changes to 6. What does this tell us about the concentration of hydrogen ions in the solution?

A) The hydrogen ion concentration decreased by a factor of 10 B) The hydrogen ion concentration decreased by a factor of 100 C) The hydrogen ion concentration increased by a factor of 10 D) The hydrogen ion concentration increased by a factor of 100

Your 79-year-old female patient appears to show all signs and symptoms of a stroke. Her level of consciousness has rapidly deteriorated, she is now unconscious, and she can no longer control her own airway. While you intervene to manage her airway, the best position in which to keep fluid or vomitus from occluding her airway would be the:

A) recovery position. B) Trendelenburg position. C) prone position. D) Fowler position.