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ARLKQ

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You are teaching some Emergency Medical Responders (EMRs) to use the Jump START system of triage. Which one of the following comments made by an EMR requires you to intervene and provide corrective instruction?
 
  A) I like the Jump START system since it uses the same categories of assessment as the START system of triage.
  B) If we have a young child injured in a multiple-casualty incident, I will use the Jump START system to triage him.
  C) The Jump START system allows me to classify the patient according to his ability to ambulate, his breathing, perfusion, and mental status.
  D) The Jump START system is very effective since it allows me to take 2 minutes to assess the patient.

Question 2

An 89-year-old female is short of breath and has a fever. Her SpO2 is low and she has crackles and coarse breath sounds to both lungs. When getting history from her family caregivers, which of the following would make you suspicious that the patient has aspiration pneumonia?
 
  A) Her legs and ankles seem more swollen today.
  B) She was fine until just after eating lunch.
  C) Her doctor prescribed an antibiotic for her sinus infection.
  D) She has not been feeling well for three days.



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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

B



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