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<orderedlist numeration="arabic" spacing="normal" inheritnum="ignore" role="para" continuation="restarts"<listitem<para<inst> 1. </inst>The purpose of the primary assessment is to identify and treat immediately <inlinewol type="wol1"<inst>______</inst</inlinewol>-<inlinewol type="wol1"<inst>______</inst</inlinewol> conditions and to set ______<inlinewol type="wol1"<inst</inst>______</inlinewol> for further assessment.</para</listitem>
<listitem<para<inst>2.</inst>Actions to stop threats to life, such as gross bleeding, are called <inlinewol type="wol1"<inst>______.</inst</inlinewol</para</listitem>
<listitem<para<inst>3.</inst>The <inlinewol type="wol1"<inst>______</inst</inlinewol<inlinewol type="wol1"<inst>______</inst</inlinewol> is the reason EMS was called and should usually be recorded in the patient’s own words.</para</listitem>
<listitem<para<inst>4.</inst>The “sixth sense” that an EMT develops about a patient’s condition is known as <inlinewol type="wol1"<inst>______</inst</inlinewol<inlinewol type="wol1"<inst>______.</inst</inlinewol</para</listitem>
<listitem<para<inst>5.</inst>The <inlinewol type="wol1"<inst>______</inst</inlinewol>, or physical setting, can provide many clues in forming a general impression of the patient.</para</listitem>
<listitem<para<inst>6.</inst>An EMT should apply <inlinewol type="wol1"<inst>______<inlinewol type="wol1"<inst>______</inst</inlinewol</inst</inlinewol> on first contact with any patient who he or she suspects may have an injury to the spine.</para</listitem>
<listitem<para<inst>7.</inst>Before beginning any primary assessment, an EMT should take <inlinewol type="wol1"<inst>______</inst</inlinewol> Precautions.</para</listitem>
<listitem<para<inst>8.</inst>For infants and children, circulation can be evaluated by testing <inlinewol type="wol1"<inst>______</inst</inlinewol> ______<inlinewol type="wol1"<inst>.</inst</inlinewol</para</listitem>
<listitem<para<inst>9.</inst>The level of responsiveness in a patient is called <inlinewol type="wol1"<inst>______</inst</inlinewol> ______<inlinewol type="wol1"<inst>______.</inst</inlinewol</para</listitem>
<listitem<para<inst>10.</inst<inlinewol type="wol1"<inst>______</inst</inlinewol> on the AVPU scale applies to a patient who is not awake but responds to shouting.</para</listitem>
<listitem<para<inst>11.</inst>The rating on the AVPU scale that indicates the most serious mental status is ______<inlinewol type="wol1"<inst>.</inst</inlinewol</para</listitem>
<listitem<para<inst>12.</inst>An awake patient’s mental status can be assessed by determining his orientation to <inlinewol type="wol1"<inst>______</inst</inlinewol>, <inlinewol type="wol1"<inst>______</inst</inlinewol>, and ______<inlinewol type="wol1"<inst>.</inst</inlinewol</para</listitem>
<listitem<para<inst>13.</inst>If a patient is not alert and her breathing rate is slower than 8 breaths per minute, provide <inlinewol type="wol1"<inst>______</inst</inlinewol>-<inlinewol type="wol1"<inst>______</inst</inlinewol> ______<inlinewol type="wol1"<inst>.</inst</inlinewol</para</listitem>
<listitem<para<inst>14.</inst>If a patient is alert and his breathing rate is more than 24 breaths per minute, provide 100 percent oxygen by <inlinewol type="wol1"<inst>______</inst</inlinewol> ______<inlinewol type="wol1"<inst>______.</inst</inlinewol</para</listitem>
<listitem<para<inst>15.</inst>In child and infant trauma patients, the head should be immobilized in a <inlinewol type="wol1"<inst>______</inst</inlinewol> position.</para</listitem</orderedlist</problemset</division</grp>
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