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Your patient was struck in the chest with a baseball bat during a bar fight.A crackling or crunching sensation that is felt when air escapes from its normal passageways and is trapped under the skin is called:

A) friction rub.
B) crepitus.
C) infiltration.
D) subcutaneous emphysema.

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Expert clinicians may use different approaches of thinking through problems,but which of the following will they have in common?

A) Knowledge that one strategy works for everyone
B) Strong foundation of knowledge
C) Dislike of ambiguity
D) Organization of data in their head

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Your patient is a 24-year-old female who swallowed a handful of pills of unknown type.Although she was initially alert and oriented with no complaints,you note that she is now beginning to slur her words and is becoming progressively lethargic.What is the highest priority in dealing with this patient?

An EMT's assessment differs from an assessment made in the emergency department in which way?

Which of the following is false regarding the purpose of immediately documenting vital signs once they are obtained?

While an EMT forms a field diagnosis on the scene of an emergency,how do the steps differ from the traditional approach to diagnosis?

When you begin interviewing your patient,he tells you that he has not felt well for several months,ever since he had his gallbladder removed.He goes on to tell you that he cannot get his wife to schedule a doctor's appointment for him and when she remembers to call,the office is always closed.Which of the following is the best way to proceed?

While performing a detailed physical exam on a patient involved in a fall from 30 feet,the patient (who had previously been responding to your questions) stops responding.What should you do next?

A list of potential diagnoses compiled early in the patient's assessment is known as which of the following?

Your patient is a 14-year-old male who was run over by a tractor and is now unresponsive.During the rapid assessment,you should look for clear drainage coming from the patient's ________ indicating a serious injury.

You are assessing a 76-year-old male patient that has been involved in a fall from a standing position.You have completed the scene size-up and primary assessment.What should you do next?

You are responding to an unresponsive 65-year-old male patient.The patient has snoring respirations,a scalp laceration,and an obvious fracture of the left ankle.What is the best initial course of action?

"If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck,it must be a duck-except when it isn't" is a way to summarize which of the following?

Which of the following methods should be used to have a patient rate the amount of pain he is having?

Your patient is a 45-year-old female who complains of "twisting her ankle" when she slipped on a patch of ice.Which of the following is NOT appropriate?

You have a patient who is unresponsive on the floor.What is the best way to rule in or rule out trauma as a cause of the patient's unresponsiveness?

You are transporting a patient whom you are treating for chest pain.You have completed all of your assessments and are writing down some of his personal information such as his address and phone number.As the patient is speaking,you notice that he is having increasing difficulty breathing.You should:

Mrs.Butler is a 66-year-old woman who is complaining of chest pain.Which of the following questions would be best in helping you determine if the pain is radiating?

Which of the following is one advantage of using heuristics?

Under what circumstance should a reassessment NOT be performed?