If the patient sustains burns to the hands, the EMT should remove:

A(n) ________ refers to a situation in which one leaves the confines of the classroom and works, without payment, in a health care setting using newly acquired medical assisting skills under the supervision of someone at the site

a. internship b. job c. externship d. care

A postoperative patient complaining of dyspnea is found to have tachypnea and tachycardia, and is somewhat confused. Breath sounds reveal end inspiratory crackles in both lung bases

An arterial blood gas (ABG) is drawn and reveals the following: pH 7.49; PaCO2 33 mm Hg; PaO2 51 mm Hg; SaO2 87%; HCO3? 25 mEq/L while on a 30% air entrainment mask. The most appropriate respiratory therapy intervention includes which of the following? a. Initiate noninvasive positive pressure ven-tilation (NPPV). b. Initiate continuous positive airway pres-sure (CPAP) by mask. c. Administer bronchodilator therapy. d. Intubate and mechanically ventilate.