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During the first minutes of pediatric resuscitation, there should be no debating which treatment standard below?A: Transport should never be initiated until an advance airway is in place.B: Advanced personnel should deliver initial medications down the ETT.C: Accurate, basic life support interventions are essential if any ALS interventions are to be effective.D: ALS skills and procedures take precedence over any basic life support interventions.

Inflammation of certain nerve cells and destruction of the myelin sheath surrounding nerve fibers is the pathophysiology for which of the following degenerative neuromuscular disorders?A:  Parkinson’s diseaseB:  Muscular dystrophyC:  Multiple sclerosisD:  Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Your unit has arrived on the scene of a multiple vehicle collision where several vehicles have rear-ended each other. You are directed by the incident commander to care for a 23-year-old female in the first vehicle. The firefighter on-scene holding manual spinal immobilization indicates that her primary complaint is back pain from her head whipping back and forth from the impact. Your understanding of the anatomy of the spinal column and vertebrae suggests that this type of mechanism of injury results in frequent injuries to which part of the spinal column?

You and your newly hired EMT partner arrive on the scene of a bicycle collision at the local community park. One cyclist stands by and says that she has no injuries. The other is lying on his side on the bike path, guarding his ribs and holding the lower part of his left leg. Your partner kneels next to the man, introduces herself, and asks, “Can you ambulate?” The patient looks up, confused and in obvious pain. “Can you ambulate? You know…walk?” Your partner says, a little louder. After transporting the patient, you discuss the call with your partner and suggest that she avoid using medical terms unnecessarily when talking with patients. She seems insulted and says, “Why?” What would you say?

Certain blood vessels that contain specialized sensors that detect the level of internal pressure and transmit messages to the nervous system, which then triggers the smooth muscle in the vessel walls to make any needed size adjustments. These sensors are called:

___________ are a tough band of fibrous connective tissue that connects muscles to bones.

Your 15-year-old patient was playing baseball today and was struck in the face by a baseball bat. As you assess his injuries and manage spinal immobilization, you note that several of his teeth are broken and he seems to have deformity and pain isolated to his lower jaw. The lower jaw bone is also known as the:

Most disc-related injuries occur from repetitive microtrauma.

As part of a fraternity initiation ritual, Saul is instructed to interrupt a school basketball game by running on the court naked while singing the nursery rhyme “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.” If Sam complies with this ritual, his behavior would BEST illustrate ________.

You are a licensed therapist seeing a client who is afraid of elevators. What behavior therapy technique or combination of techniques might you use to treat such a person? Provide explanations to defend your choice(s).