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Destiiny22

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on: Jul 3, 2018
Which of the following is the EMT's role in caring for a patient with chest pain?
 
  A) Determine the cause of the patient's chest pain.
  B) Make an interpretation of the patient's cardiac rhythm.
  C) Treat the patient as though he were having a heart attack.
  D) Provide automatic external defibrillation.

Question 2

Your patient has a device implanted under the skin of his upper left chest. His wife states that it is an AICD. This device is used to:
 
  A) assist in pumping blood for patients with severe heart failure.
  B) detect and defibrillate life-threatening heart rhythms.
  C) deliver insulin to diabetic patients in precise dosages.
  D) provide tube feedings to patients who cannot swallow.


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

C

Answer to Question 2

B


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Destiiny22

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Reply #2 on: Jul 3, 2018
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