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You arrive on the scene of a motor vehicle collision. Walking toward you is the unrestrained driver of the vehicle that sustained moderate front-end damage. The patient complains of some back pain, but was walking around after the crash and does not have any neurological deficits. What is your initial action for managing this patient?
 
  A) Take manual inline spinal stabilization.
  B) Look for injuries to the patient's back.
  C) Perform the primary assessment.
  D) Obtain the patient's vital signs.

Question 2

Which one of the following patients should the AEMT recognize as having a normal skin temperature?
 
  A) 36-year-old man complaining of nausea with warm skin.
  B) 25-year-old woman who is dizzy with cool skin.
  C) 88-year-old man who is weak with skin that is cool and dry.
  D) 47-year-old woman with chest pain and hot skin.



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