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acc299

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on: Jul 2, 2018
After assessing the following patients, which would the EMT identify as suffering from multisystem trauma?
 
  A) 24-year-old male; slipped on ice; tenderness to the right shoulder
  B) 61-year-old male; became dizzy and fell down five stairs; laceration to the head; open fracture to the left lower leg
  C) 31-year-old female; large laceration to her leg from a hunting knife; bleeding controlled
  D) 89-year-old female fell in a nursing home; hematoma to the back of her head

Question 2

A tip for the physical exam of a young pediatric patient is, if possible, to assess the child while she is:
 
  a. separated from the parent.
  b. in the prone position.
  c. in the supine position.
  d. on the parent's lap.


whitcassie

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Reply #1 on: Jul 2, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

d


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