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Charlie

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The EMT would recognize that a 49-year-old male has suffered a primary seizure when his wife states:
 
  A) He has never had a seizure before, this is the first seizure.
  B) He had seizures in the past, but they are not sure what causes them.
  C) The doctors said that his seizure come from one spot in his brain.
  D) His arms and legs were jerking and he would not talk to me.

Question 2

Catheter shear is caused by:
 
  a. pulling the Teflon catheter through or over the needle after you have advanced it into the vein.
  b. accidental arterial puncture.
  c. inflammation of the vein.
  d. a blood clot caused by the injury to the vessel wall.



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

a



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