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Metfan725

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Which of the following best describes why you should call for additional assistance when dealing with multiple patients?
 
  A) Risks to each provider decrease as more responders arrive on the scene.
  B) You are responsible only for command and triage.
  C) You cannot safely and effectively treat all the patients.
  D) Fair distribution of workload is required by most unions.

Question 2

A 49-year-old male has been stabbed in the lower right chest. Police tell you that the patient got into an argument with an unidentified man, who then stabbed him before fleeing the scene. After assessing the patient, you are suspicious that the knife punctured the lung and is causing internal bleeding. In this situation, the mechanism of injury would be:
 
  A) stab wound to the right chest.
  B) assailant with a knife.
  C) penetrating trauma to the lungs.
  D) internal hemorrhage.



shaikhs

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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

A



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