Which of the following is true regarding the EMT's approach to the pediatric patient?
A) Scene safety is not an important consideration in the care of pediatric patients.
B) It is not possible to develop an initial impression of the pediatric patient without a detailed physical examination.
C) An EMT does not have to attempt to obtain a blood pressure on patients younger than 3 years old.
D) It is not necessary to use Standard Precautions when dealing with pediatric patients.
Question 2
The cause of a drowning death is:
A) water in the lungs.
B) water moving from the lungs into the blood.
C) hypothermia.
D) the deprivation of air exchange.
Taking a Patient's Blood Pressure
Burning-of-Atlanta scene from Gone with the Wind.
The medical assistant will provide patient education regarding the daily use of diabetic glucose ...
(a) Chicken pox vesicles. (b) Chicken pox on back of young patient.
Risk assessment codes for an HIV-infected patient.
After multiple injections of a local anesthetic, the patient developed herpetic lesions.