Your paramedic partner is telling you about a situation in which he resuscitated a patient with a DNR, even though the DNR was present and available to him at the time he began resuscitation. He tells you he is justified because the patient survived for a year after the incident and suffered no ill effects from the cardiac arrest or the resuscitation efforts. Which of the following best describes

the ethical approach used by your partner?

A) Deontologicalism
B) Consequentialism
C) Ethical relativism
D) Self-determination

B

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a. Pneumococcal pneumonia b. Viral pneumonia c. Mycoplasma pneumonia d. Streptococcal pneumonia

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If the dental assistant has not had the hepatitis B series of vaccine, the employer is responsible for _____________

a. immunization information b. information regarding the availability of the vaccine during initial training c. paying for the vaccine series d. all of the above

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