Your patient is still in contact with the electrical current from a downed power line, so you should:
A) call for the power company to turn off the source.
B) leave the scene and the patient, as she will die, no matter what you do.
C) remove her from the source with a tree limb.
D) put on rubber boots to insulate yourself.
A
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An Emergency Medical Responder asks you to explain a pneumothorax. You would explain that a pneumothorax occurs when:
A) the lung becomes overinflated with air and collapses. B) air accumulates around the lung, causing a portion of it to collapse. C) the trachea becomes obstructed, causing the lungs to collapse. D) air enters the lung and alveoli from a traumatic opening in the chest wall.
You are performing a post-mortem AP chest projection; what should be done to the mAs for a post-mortem chest?
A. Increase mAs by 15%-30% B. Decrease mAs by 15%-30% C. Increase mAs by 35%-50% D. Decrease mAs by 35%-50%