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imanialler

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In a community park, a 10-year-old boy has fallen from the top of a slide. His right wrist is deformed and he is in pain. He states that he lives with his mother and she is working. He does not know her work number. The EMT's best action would be to:
 
  A) treat the patient under the guidelines of implied consent.
  B) do not treat the patient until his mother can be contacted.
  C) obtain permission from the park director.
  D) have the police take custody of the boy and give permission to treat.

Question 2

Which of the following is TRUE regarding phenothiazines and butyrophenones?
 
  a. Both have been the mainstays of psychiatry since the mid-1960s.
  b. With these medications, therapeutic effects appear to come from blocking the alpha1 adrenergic receptors in the peripheral nervous system.
  c. Medications in this group block dopamine receptors.
  d. Both are used to treat allergies by blocking histamine receptors.



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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

c



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