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You and your partner are both male and are attending to a 28-year-old female patient complaining of diffuse abdominal pain. The patient is 34 weeks pregnant with her first child. The patient refuses to allow you to examine her, and her husband informs you that their culture does not allow males to examine or care for pregnant women. You should:

The suture of the anterior fontanelle is typically closed by _____ months of age, and the suture of the posterior fontanelle is typically closed by _____ months of age.

Bruising to the _________ is LEAST suggestive of child abuse.

A 75-year-old woman complains of shortness of breath. Which of the following findings should alert the EMT to the possibility of a pulmonary embolism?

Effective methods for providing pain relief to a child with an extremity injury include:

The signs and symptoms of poisoning in children:

The onset of labor begins with:

Blood pressure is usually not assessed in children younger than _____ years.

Blood levels of medications may rise in the elderly, sometimes to toxic levels. This is MOST likely due to:

Following delivery of the placenta, the mother is experiencing vaginal bleeding. After massaging the uterine fundus and allowing the mother to breastfeed, the bleeding stops. This occurred because: