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SAVANNAHHOOPER23

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You are dispatched to a motor vehicle crash on a rural mountain highway. You have a patient who was unconscious on arrival, had a seizure, and is currently awake but combative. You suspect he may have a head injury. What is considered the BEST approach regarding transport of this patient?
 
  A) Dispatch the medical helicopter to meet your unit at the community hospital.
  B) Dispatch and await the medical helicopter, which is 20 minutes away.
  C) Begin transport to the trauma center on the ground, which is 1.5 hours' driving time.
  D) Transport to a local community hospital approximately 15 minutes away via ground.

Question 2

You are examining a 50-year-old male patient complaining of a fever. You inspect the tympanic membrane and note that it is a pearly, translucent gray color. You conclude that the patient has:
 
  A) otitis media.
  B) hemotympanum.
  C) a buildup of fluid behind the eardrum.
  D) a normal eardrum.


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meganmoser117

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Reply #1 on: Jul 3, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

D


SAVANNAHHOOPER23

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Reply 2 on: Jul 3, 2018
Gracias!

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