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tingc95

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You are enroute to a home for an 8-year-old with noisy breathing and a cough. As you respond, which of the following pieces of advice would you give your partner, a new EMT?
 
  A) We will need to be careful. Children of this age group tend to throw tantrums, and we could get hurt if we are not careful.
  B) The scene probably will be chaotic, so let's just get the patient out to the ambulance and assess him there.
  C) Although most children of this age are trusting of authority, let's approach slowly and make the scene work for us.
  D) Most children in this age group have a short attention span, so we need to assess him as quickly as possible.

Question 2

This is the third day that a patient is in withdrawal from alcohol. If called to care for this patient, the EMT would recognize the need for:
 
  A) restraints.
  B) positive pressure ventilation.
  C) warm blankets.
  D) seizure precautions.


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millet

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

C

Answer to Question 2

D


tingc95

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Reply 2 on: Jul 3, 2018
Gracias!

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Excellent

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