A 14-year-old is complaining of abdominal pain. He is likely to feel most comfortable if he is positioned:

With regard to medical terminology, a prefix is:

A) added to the beginnings of roots or words to modify or qualify their meaning. B) the combination of any two or more whole words. C) a modifier that indicates if a term is singular or plural. D) the foundation of a word or term.

You are dispatched to a residence for a patient having a seizure. Upon arriving at the scene, you find that the patient, a 39-year-old male, is experiencing a generalized tonic-clonic seizure and is cyanotic. His wife tells you that he has been like this since she called 9-1-1. In addition to protecting the patient from injury, you should:

A: assist his breathing with a bag-mask device, establish vascular access, and administer 5 mg of diazepam. B: apply high-flow oxygen via nonrebreathing mask, place him on his side, and wait for the seizure to stop. C: intubate him to prevent aspiration, establish IV or IO access, and administer 0.1 mg/kg of lorazepam. D: administer 0.5 mg/kg of diazepam rectally, cover him with a blanket, and administer high-flow oxygen.