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When caring for the family of a patient who has died the First Responder must remember this:
What is they are extra sensitive and will perceive even unspoken words.
100
A First Responder provides emergency care ONLY to:
What is those people who are ill or injured.
100
HIV can be transmitted by dirty needles and this:
What is sexual contact
100
This is the outermost layer of skin
What is epidermis
100
Your patient is unresponsive but NOT injured. Open the airway like this:
What is tilt the head back and lift the chin forward
200
What type of medical control is it when a physician gives medical instructions to a First Responder who is on scene
What is direct medical control
200
This technique is NOT a good way to communicate with a deaf person
What is loud yelling
200
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) may be contracted by this:
What is intimate contact with the body fluids of an infected person?
200
This is when person has too much insulin or too little blood sugar.
What is Hypoglycemia
200
If the patent is too anxious to tolerate a mask the First Responder can use this to deliver oxygen.
What is nasal cannula
300
Actions that can be performed legally make up the First Responder's _______ _______ Law
What is Good Samaritan
300
A person who is assaulting a doctor after being told she is HIV positive is probably experiencing this type of emergency
What is a behavioral emergency
300
Good posture can help prevent injury to your back, so while you are standing or sitting, make these are in vertical alignment:
What is ears, shoulders and hips
300
The term overdose refers to an emergency involving this:
What is poisoning by drugs or alcohol
300
Significant respiratory distress can develop if the __________ does not contract
What is diaphragm
400
A patient is considered legally competent if he or she is lucid and able to make this type of decision
What is informed
400
As a First Responder; you know that suctioning a child should be performed for no longer than this:
What is ten seconds
400
This is when the First Responder may move the patient.
What is if there is no danger to the patient
400
The term stored energy refers to the mechanism of injury involving hazards that remain after a machine has been what?
What is shut down.
400
If a patient remains in respiratory and cardiac arrest for more than __________, irreversible brain damage will occur
What is 8 - 10 minutes
500
Your duty to act may arise from this:
What is a contractual or legal obligation to give care.
500
The principle of CPR is this:
What is to oxygenate and circulate blood until advanced measures can be taken
500
This is when the First Responder may release manual stabilization of the spine-injured patient's head and neck:
What is when the patient is fully immobilized to a long backboard
500
The term hypoxic drive refers to the body of a healthy person looking to the levels of ____________ in the blood to determine the need to breath
What is carbon dioxide
500
The number of impacts in a crash varies, but there are _____________ basic types
What is three