Are You Prepared for Emergency Medical Response?
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In mass casualty incidents, trauma triage guidelines may differ significantly from guidelines used in other situations because...

  • the available resources are overwhelmed by larger patient numbers (correct)
  • there are more resources available
  • there are more advanced medical tools available
  • the paramedics have more time to assess patients

    • Which of the following injuries should be combined with the absence of signs of life in order to withhold resuscitation?

  • Injuries that the paramedic believes are not survivable due to severity
  • Injuries that result in unconsciousness
  • Injuries that cause severe pain
  • Injuries where survival is impossible (correct)

    • In unwitnessed cardiac arrests, resuscitation should be withheld if...

  • the estimated downtime between collapse and arrival of the first ambulance exceeds 10 minutes (correct)
  • the estimated downtime between collapse and arrival of the first ambulance exceeds 20 minutes
  • the estimated downtime between collapse and arrival of the first ambulance exceeds 15 minutes
  • the estimated downtime between collapse and arrival of the first ambulance exceeds 5 minutes

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