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casperchen82

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Your partner informs you that the 3-year-old boy you have been called to care for is breathing 28 times per minute. As a knowledgeable EMT, you would recognize:
 
  A) a rapid rate.
  B) adequate breathing.
  C) a normal rate.
  D) inadequate breathing.

Question 2

In an infant, the heart rate is best detected by either palpating the brachial artery or:
 
  A) auscultating the carotid pulse.
  B) palpating the femoral pulse.
  C) palpating the carotid pulse.
  D) auscultating the apical pulse.



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

D



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