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serike

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The EMS provider who can provide patients with the highest level of care in the prehospital setting is the:
 
  A) Emergency Medical Responder.
  B) Emergency Medical Technician.
  C) Advanced EMT.
  D) Paramedic.

Question 2

You are on the scene of a 22-year-old female patient who is unresponsive. The patient's mother states that she is deathly allergic to peanuts and accidentally ate stir fry cooked in peanut oil. The patient is unresponsive with agonal respirations at 6 per minute. What is your first action?
 
  A) Insert an oral airway and apply oxygen at 15 liters per minute by bag-valve mask.
  B) Insert an oral airway and apply oxygen at 15 liters per minute by nonrebreather mask.
  C) Administer epinephrine with medical control consent.
  D) Perform a complete assessment and confirm that the patient is actually in anaphylaxis.



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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

A



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