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cookcarl

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When arriving at the location of a motor vehicle collision on an interstate highway, you should position the ambulance so that:
 
  A) there is a fire truck between you and oncoming traffic.
  B) there is a safe area beyond the damaged vehicles.
  C) you are nearest to the command post for easy communications with the incident commander.
  D) there is a safe area between the damaged vehicles and traffic behind the scene.

Question 2

You are working in the ED, caring for a 55-year-old female patient with a long history of COPD. She is more short of breath today than usual, and states that she has an increased cough. She has a tympanic temperature of 99.8F. You have drawn arterial blood gases with the patient on room air; when the report comes back, it shows that the patient has a PaO2 of 92 mmHg. Which of the following is most likely?
 
  A) You have inadvertently drawn a venous sample.
  B) The patient is critically hypoxic and requires assisted ventilation.
  C) This is the typical value for this patient.
  D) The lab performed the test incorrectly.



Dominic

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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

C



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