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Your patient has a significant elbow injury. The arm is straight and positioned alongside the body, and the patient refuses to move it or let you move it, due to significant pain. After you dress a wound, you decide to immobilize the injury because the ambulance may be delayed and the patient is moving restlessly. What is the best way to immobilize this injury?

Before attaching the AED pads to the patient, make sure the patient is not in contact with

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A breathing, unresponsive, non-trauma patient is positioned in the recovery position, preferably: 

Which of the following is characterized by flushed, hot, dry skin?

Shortly before childbirth, contractions may be ___________ minutes apart.

Before attaching the AED pads to the patient, make sure the patient is not in contact with

A breathing, unresponsive, non-trauma patient is positioned in the recovery position, preferably: 

Which of the following is characterized by flushed, hot, dry skin?

If a law enforcement officer asks you not to touch the patient because evidence of a crime may be disturbed, your best action is to: