During gynecologic emergencies, in addition to the standard SAMPLE questions, the EMT should attempt to determine which of the following?
A. The amount of time since of the patent's last menstrual cycle
B. The possibility that the patient may be pregnant
C. If the patient is sexually active
D. All of these answers are correct.
Answer: D. All of these answers are correct.
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A 21-year-old man partially amputated his right arm when the chainsaw he was using to trim trees slipped. You can feel a weak radial pulse and his arm is cool to the touch. Dark red blood is flowing heavily from the wound. You should:
A: carefully pack sterile dressings into the wound and fully splint the extremity. B: control the bleeding, manipulate the arm to improve circulation, and apply a splint. C: apply bulky compression dressings to the wound and splint the extremity. D: apply a tourniquet proximal to the injury and tighten it until the bleeding stops.
You determine a pulse is readily palpable at the radial artery but has uneven intervals between beats. This should BEST be documented on the prehospital care report as:
A) strong and irregular. B) thready and regular. C) prominent and bounding. D) bounding and regular.