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lracut11

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After administering epinephrine per medical control via an auto-injector to an unresponsive anaphylactic adult patient, your partner reassesses the lung sounds. He tells you that the patient is now wheezing loudly in all fields whereas before the injection they were diminished in the upper fields and absent in the lower. What is your suspicion regarding the patient's condition?
 
  A) The patient is about to go into cardiac arrest. B) The patient's condition is improving.
  C) The patient's condition is worsening. D) There is no change in the patient's condition.

Question 2

Which of the following is a desirable paramedic characteristic?
 
  A) The ability to give medical advice
  B) A commanding presence on the scene
  C) The ability to establish rapport with a wide variety of patients
  D) The ability to exactly follow protocols on each and every call


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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

C



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