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Hybrid electric vehicles pose a particular risk to rescue personnel because:

Which of the following patients would be tagged “red” using the START system?

Which of the following BEST describes the National Incident Management System?

Your patient is a four-year-old boy with a history of asthma. He ran out of his inhaled bronchodilator while visiting his grandparents’ farm. The patient has pale, cool, moist skin with cyanosis of his nail beds. He has audible wheezing with a respiratory rate of 18, accessory muscle use, and a heart rate of 130. He appears fatigued, he is unable to speak more than one or two words at a time, and his head bobs with each breath. Which of the following best describes this patient’s respiratory status?

Your patient is a four-year-old boy with a history of asthma. He ran out of his inhaled bronchodilator while visiting his grandparents’ farm. The patient has pale, cool, moist skin with cyanosis of his nail beds. He has audible wheezing with a respiratory rate of 18, accessory muscle use, and a heart rate of 130. He appears fatigued, he is unable to speak more than one or two words at a time, and his head bobs with each breath. Which of the following best describes this patient’s respiratory status?

You have arrived on the scene of a chemical leak at laboratory. The placard has a “1” in the blue diamond and a “4” in the red diamond, which means the material is:

Your patient tells you that she is being treated for cystitis. You recognize that she is being treated for:

The process of actually releasing the patient from the cause of entrapment is called:

You are on the scene of a trench collapse. Which of the following should be your first concern?

Which of the following is one of the greatest threats to rescuers entering a confined space?