West coast EMT block 2 quiz with certified answers

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Responsive patient older than 1 year ✔✔- Radial A patient sitting in chair leaning forward outstretched arms ✔✔Difficulty breathing When palpating the carotid pulse of a responsive patie... nt ✔✔Avoid compressing both carotid arteries simultaneously You receive a call to a day care center for an unresponsive 8 month old ✔✔Assess a brachial pulse for 5-10 seconds If you can't palpate a pulse ✔✔Immediately begin CPR Gas exchange in lungs is facilitated by ✔✔Adequate amounts of surfactant Without adequate oxygen the body cells ✔✔Incompletely convert glucose into energy and lactic acid accumulates in the blood [Show More]

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