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debasdf

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For which of the following patients should the EMT carefully continue to monitor the patient's ventilatory status throughout treatment and transport due to the greatest risk of respiratory failure?
 
  A) 28-year-old male who spilled a strong industrial acid on his legs
  B) 16-year-old male whose shirt caught on fire, resulting in circumferential burns of his chest
  C) 34-year-old male who opened the radiator of his car and had hot fluid spray on his chest, resulting in redness and pain in an area about the size of the patient's hand
  D) 17-year-old male with a blistering sunburn on his face

Question 2

Which of the following can be determined by lead II cardiac monitoring?
 
  A) Impulse conduction time
  B) Chamber enlargement
  C) Axis deviation
  D) Presence of a myocardial infarction, but not its location


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brbarasa

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Reply #1 on: Jul 3, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

A


debasdf

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Reply 2 on: Jul 3, 2018
:D TYSM

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