While interviewing your patient, she tells you that her husband will be back from the store shortly and can get you a list of her medications. Her daughter tells you that the patient's husband died 15 years ago. This situation is known as:

You have been called for an 87-year-old male who fell in his kitchen while making breakfast. He states that he did hit his forehead but managed to catch himself on the way down and did not hit the ground hard. Your assessment reveals him to have kyphosis of the thoracic and cervical spine, but no neurological deficits. Which action is appropriate given these assessment findings?

A) Avoid application of a rigid collar due to the natural deformity of the cervical spine. B) Disregard application of a rigid collar since the patient has no neurological deficits. C) Apply a rigid collar and prepare the patient for any discomfort that the collar may cause. D) Place a soft cervical collar instead of the rigid cervical spine immobilization collar.

A pregnant woman is choking inside a local restaurant. Who has the most compelling legal duty to act?

A) An off-duty EMT who just finished eating and is headed to the bathroom B) EMTs from another county eating lunch after dropping off a patient at a local hospital C) An EMS supervisor who just came into the restaurant and is on a week's vacation D) A retired paramedic who just finished eating and is paying his bill