Encouraging specialization within the medical office will decrease office productivity

Firefighters have just pulled a young woman from a house fire and have laid her on the lawn. She is conscious and badly burned on the chest, abdomen, and legs. Her clothes are smoldering. Which one of the following actions should the EMT take immediately?

A) Place an oropharyngeal airway. B) Determine the body surface area burned. C) Apply oxygen via nonrebreather face mask. D) Cool the burn with water.

A 70-year-old male presents to the emergency room with headache, nausea, fever, lethargy, and confusion over the past three days. A cerebrospinal fluid is sent to the laboratory

Laboratory testing includes: Direct CSF Gram stain: no organisms seen with rare white blood cells CSF culture: no growth at 48 hours Blood culture: no growth at 48 hours CSF glucose: 60 mg/dl CSF protein: 62 mg/dl CSF White blood cell count: 233 lymphocytes Given these results, what patient history information may be most helpful in narrowing down the possible causative agent? A) Has the patient recently had the mumps? B) Has the patient been exposed to mosquitoes and ticks recently? C) Has the patient been swimming in fresh water recently? D) Does the patient work at a daycare facility?