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You are treating a man with a closed head injury following an assault by a burglar. The patient, who has slurred speech, becomes verbally abusive and tells you to leave him alone. You should:

Cardiac monitoring, pharmacological interventions, and other advanced treatment skills are functions of the:

The standards for prehospital emergency care and the individuals who provide it are typically regulated by the:

While providing care to a patient, blood got onto the ambulance stretcher. Because the stretcher was not properly cleaned afterward, a virus was transmitted to another emergency medical technician (EMT) several days later. What route of transmission does this scenario describe?

According to the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, an EMT should be able to:

Which of the following descriptions MOST accurately portrays emergency medical services (EMS)?

A study by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the state of California was conducted as part of a regulatory monitoring of foods for pesticide residues before being distributed for sale.   Foods were categorized according to food type and whether or not they contained pesticide residues.   The data are summarized in the table below. Pesticides present No pesticides Conventional 18,462 6,024 Organic 38 142 What percent of the conventional foods contained pesticide residues?   Round your final result to the nearest tenth of a percent.    

A major symptom of patients infected with Corynebacterium diphtheriae is heart damage because:

Upon arriving at the scene of a motor vehicle crash, you note that two small cars collided head-on; the occupants are still in their vehicles. The fire department is in the process of stabilizing the vehicles and law enforcement personnel are directing traffic. After parking the ambulance at a safe distance, you and your partner should:

“On my honor, I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid in doing this assignment.”