You have been called to a public bus station for a behavioral emergency. On scene you find a disheveled male in his forties sitting up against a wall. He is confused and incontinent. Bystanders state that he suddenly began to stumble around, shouting obscenities, and then fell to the ground spitting and shaking. From this description, the EMT should be suspicious of what condition?

A) Generalized seizure
B) Alcohol intoxication
C) Absence seizure
D) Syncopal episode

A

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When journalist H. G. Bissinger studied the football team in a well-known Texas high school, he found that high school football was organized in ways that

A. led football players to be selfish and unconcerned about the team's fate. B. led to a re-establishment of racial segregation in the schools. C. reaffirmed traditional racial ideology among many whites. D. challenged traditional ideas about gender and gender roles.

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