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anjilletteb

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on: Jul 3, 2018
Your paramedic partner has applied continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) to a patient in respiratory distress from congestive heart failure (CHF). As an EMT, you realize that this should benefit the patient by:
 
  A) reinflating portions of the lung that have collapsed.
  B) causing the diaphragm to relax during inspiration.
  C) removing air from the lungs during exhalation.
  D) forcing fluid in the lungs back into the bloodstream.

Question 2

You are performing triage at an industrial accident. Which of the following patients would receive a red tag?
 
  A) A patient who was not injured in the accident but is upset by the accident
  B) A patient who is breathing 32 times per minute
  C) A patient who has a laceration for which the bleeding has been controlled
  D) A patient who has died during the accident


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TDubDCFL

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

D

Answer to Question 2

B


anjilletteb

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Reply #2 on: Jul 3, 2018
Correct answers!


TDubDCFL

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Reply #3 on: Jul 3, 2018
Great! Please up vote :D


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