While providing a continuing education seminar for your EMS system about geriatric patients, which point about geriatric trauma would you make?

A) MVCs are responsible for more than 75 percent of deaths among elderly patients
B) Head injuries are easy to detect in the elderly
C) Hyperthermia is an early sign of blood loss
D) Injuries in elderly patients are most commonly caused by falls

D) Injuries in elderly patients are most commonly caused by falls

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a. fire alarm systems b. smoke detection systems c. smoke control systems d. sprinkler systems

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Which of the following is one of a fire department's two basic resources?

a. Training b. Apparatus c. Leadership d. Organization

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