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Bernana

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You are called for a 78-year-old female who fell earlier in the day. As you enter her kitchen, you observe her sitting in a chair with ecchymotic areas to her left cheek and left arm. There also appears to be blood on her pants. She is on oxygen and is breathing in a moderately labored manner. She states that she fell a few hours ago and now the pain and swelling in her arm are unbearable. Which one of the following would you do first?
 
  A) Take manual in-line spinal stabilization.
  B) Place a cold pack to her cheek.
  C) Check her SpO2 level.
  D) Examine her arm for deformity.

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You are dispatched to the staging area of a terrorist-related chemical exposure. The incident commander asks you to stand by while hazmat personnel bring patients to the cold zone. As an EMT on-board an ambulance, what statement BEST describes your role?
 
  A) Coordinate hazmat response. B) Transport patients to be decontaminated.
  C) Triage patients to be decontaminated. D) Transport decontaminated patients.


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DHRUVSHAH

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

A

Answer to Question 2

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Bernana

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Reply 2 on: Jul 2, 2018
Excellent

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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