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You have decided to carry a patient down a flight of stairs using your stair chair. You have a third Emergency Medical Responder on scene. You should direct the additional responder to position him- or herself:

You are the first medically trained person to arrive at the scene of a motor vehicle crash. The patient is conscious and is bleeding heavily from a wound on his head. He is still in the vehicle, which has power lines draped across the hood. You should:

The [blank] layer of the skin contains sensory nerves and sweat glands?

The [BLANK] is the largest organ of the human body.  [Please type your answer in lower case for Canvas grading purposes]

Children compensate for shock differently from adults. Which one of the following signs often indicates shock in a pediatric patient?

Patients most at risk for renal failure include all of the following medical conditions EXCEPT:

If you have any issues with the test questions in the exam below, encounter any errors with them, or think there is any ambiguity with them, please describe and list them here. Include any information you think is pertinent and please keep in mind I will only consider adding points back if the issue is raised here prior to exiting the exam, if you’ve shared what you believe the correct non-listed answer is, and if you’ve provided a brief explanation of why. 

A 36-year-old male presents unresponsive with gurgling respirations after jumping from a third-story window. You observe some blood coming out of his mouth. How should the EMR specifically address the gurgling respirations during the primary assessment? Please answer in 1-2 sentences. 

Patients most at risk for renal failure include all of the following medical conditions EXCEPT:

Describe the specific proper EMR treatment/intervention for each of the following in a responsive adult patient. Please limit answer to no more than a few sentences for each.  a. nosebleed b. protruding abdominal organs c. deformity to patella d. glass shard in right eye e. deformity to middle joint of index finger f. amputation of right hand w/ blood spurting from amputation site