List the accessory organs, and give one function of each.
What will be an ideal response?
1. liver: maintain glucose levels, filter out and destroy old blood cells, produce bile, act as a storehouse of vitamins, produce prothrombin, filter out harmful toxins.
2. gallbladder: store bile produced by the liver
3. pancreas: produce pancreatic juice for digestion, control blood sugar levels
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You are transporting a patient to the hospital with a gunshot wound and are being accompanied in the patient compartment by a police officer. Just before going into cardiac arrest, the patient says, "It was Joey. Joey did this to me." The patient cannot be resuscitated and is pronounced dead in the emergency department. Which of the following is TRUE regarding the patient's dying declaration?
A) You should write a narrative account of the incident, including the patient's statement, and keep it for your personal records. B) You should record the patient's statement verbatim in your prehospital care report. C) It is not necessary for you to document it, because the patient technically did not die in the back of the ambulance. D) It is not necessary for you to document it, because it was witnessed by law enforcement.
Which of the following allows for the greater geographic mobility within the EMS profession?
A) Increased employee retention rates B) Higher pay scale C) Standardized testing D) Improvements in reciprocity