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| This device has the weakest transmission signal |
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| "push to talk" "release to listen" |
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| If a patient refuses care and also refuses to sign refusal. |
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| Have law enforcement or a bystander sign |
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| You should obtain 4 sets of vitals during a call, this set should be providing in the oral report. |
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| If there is a verbal language barrier and you are unable to find an interpreter. |
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| Use short, simple questions and point to specific body parts. |
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| These age ranges commonly experience upper respiratory infections because of a losso of passive immunity. |
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| Physical assessment of a toddle should begin here. |
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| A child shows little emotional response to a parent or caregiver following repeated rejection. |
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| Anxious avoidance attachment |
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| A neonate opens his or her arms wide, spreads his or her fingers, and seems to grasp at something after being startled. |
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| Considering your own cultural values as more important when interacting with peolpe from a different culture. |
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| Pulse rate of a child from ages 6-12 years is |
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| To assess an infants ventilation you should palpate |
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| Tachapnea and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea indicated ___ sided heart failure. |
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| An infants apnea monitor has gone off multiple times but airway vitals all turn up normal, you should |
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| Transport both the monitor and the child to the hospital. |
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| List of signs of vasoconstriction in children |
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| Weak distal pulse, delayed cap refill, and cool hands and feet |
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| Decline in cardiac function that commonly occurs in late adulthood is most related to this condition |
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| Delirium or dementia, this condition has sudden onset |
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| The leading cause of death in geriatrics |
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| The use of multiple prescriptions by a single patient. |
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| A birth defect caused by incomplete closure of the spine. |
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| When assessing a patient who has previously suffered a brain injury you should speak with the family to establish. |
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| What is normal behavior for the patient |
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| If a crying parent is agitating the child you should: |
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| Separate them, have someone else comfort the child |
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| If a childs airway is over flexed it can be occluded because of physiological |
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| The occiput is larger and trachea is flexable |
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| Radio hardware containing a trasmitter and reciever that is located |
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| First month of life after birth |
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| An infant patient presents with 2 days of vomiting and diarrhea. He is conscious with decreased activity and slightly sunken fontanelles. |
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| Has moderate to severe dehydration |
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| If an NPA is too long it could |
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| Stimulate the vagus nerve |
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| This device regulates a patients heart rate if it falls below a preset value |
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| Internal cardiac pacemaker |
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| A child fell and hit his head. He is "P" on the AVPU scale with slow irregular respirations and a slow bounding pulse you should |
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| Assist ventilations, apply c-spine, transport |
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| When assessing a patient who is possibly experiencing a stroke you should determine this regarding the timeline. |
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| When talking on the radio instead of yes or no, you should say |
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| Medical direction is given online based on patients information provided by: |
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| Right after being dispatchd you should |
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| Confirm with dispatch that you recieved the call information. |
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| Screening and assigning call priority selecting and notifying ems response and coordinating ems units with other public safety personal are all the responsibility of ____ and should be accomplished during _____ phase of ems communication. |
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| Dispatcher, the alert and dispatch |
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| Early signs of respiratory distress in children include these 3 behavior signs |
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| Restlessness, anxiety, combativeness |
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| After confirming that you heard a physican order correctly, the intervention still seems inappropriate, you should |
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| Partial thickness burns covering more than 20% of a child bodys surface are classifed as |
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| In most children most of them are charactized by generalized tonic clonic activity a duration of less than 15 minutes and a short or absent postical phase |
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| A child in respiratory distress with sterna retractions is clinging to a caregiver, you should: |
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| Admister blow by O2 and transport the child with the caregiver |
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| Following a head injury you are more likely to see this in children then adults. |
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| During the aging process the number of functional cilia in the respiratory system decreases this results in a? |
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| Decreased ability to cough and clear the airway |
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| Syncope in older patients is caused by |
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| An interruption of blood flow to the brain. |
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| An abdominal aortic aneurysm is often the result of these 2 factors |
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| Hypertension and atherosclerosis |
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| Age related changes in this system result in a decreased ability to clear wastes from the body and conserve fluids when needed. |
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| Pelvic fractures in elderly patients often result from a combination of these 2 factors |
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| Osteoporosis, low energy trauma |
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| This should be considered a possible cause of an airway obstruction if the patient has congestion, fever, drooling, or cold symptoms |
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| Pervasive developmental disorder characterized by impairment of social interaction |
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| Two thirds of children with down sydrome have this as well |
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| This disease could cause a patient to slur words, speak slowly, or speak in a monotone |
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