A ____ is a misalignment of bones in a joint that results in the joint's instability.

You are on the scene of a person down. You arrive at a college dormitory and find a 21-year-old patient lying supine on the floor, unresponsive. The patient is "guppy" breathing at 5 times a minute, has a strong radial pulse at 110 beats per minute, and has vomited on himself. Friends state they went out to dinner and a party. They returned to change clothes for another party and he never came

out of his room. Your partner suctions the patient, inserts an oropharyngeal airway, and ventilates the patient with a bag-valve mask with high-concentration oxygen. You listen to lung sounds and there are coarse rhonchi bilaterally. What condition do you suspect? A) Overdose B) Aspiration C) Severe meningitis D) Status asthmaticus

Ageism would occur when the EMT:

A) asks all geriatric males if they remember World War II. B) asks family members for medical information when the patient is confused. C) does not attempt to assess combative elderly patients with dementia. D) disregards an advance directive when a geriatric patient requests you to do so.