You have determined that you will need to perform a field delivery. What instructions to the patient show that the EMT is properly positioning her?
A) Please lie on your back, draw your knees upward, and spread your legs apart.
B) I am going to place you on your left side with your legs up until the baby's head is visible.
C) Please lie back, and then elevate both legs into the air. Your husband will help you hold them up.
D) I'd like you to lie flat on the bed and bend your right leg while keeping your left leg straight.
Question 2
A female patient with a history of seizures has suffered a seizure in a public area and is now refusing further assessment and transport. As you leave, a witness to the entire event tells you that he thinks the patient is crazy in the head because right before she seized, she looked up toward the ceiling and kept repeating, Do you see the birds? As a knowledgeable EMT, you should recognize that the bystander is describing what condition?
A) Postictal confusion
B) Side effects of seizure medications
C) An aura
D) Syncopal episode
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