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What is your priority as the incident commander at a mass casualty incident? Monitor incident organization. You are the first ambulance to arrive on the scene of a school bus rollover. The fire department has stabilized the bus. What should you do? Have your partner begin triaging patients. A 43 year old male complains of a stiff neck, persistent cough, and fever for the past week. He states he has been in and out of homeless shelters for the past 5 months. What should you do? Use glov...

A patient is found unresponsive in his small bathroom. He is not breathing and is sitting in the corner. Two EMTs are able to reach him, but they are unable to stand side by side. He appears to weigh about 150 pounds and there is no evidence that he has been injured. Which of the following would be the quickest and MOST practical way of moving him out of the bathroom? A) Extremity lift B) Long backboard C) Direct ground lift D) Stair chair device A) Extremity lift When moving any patie...

The Hatch Act Represents the beginning of the present-day personnel security program. DoDI 5200.02 Implements policy for the major elements of the personnel security program. Five elements of the Personnel Security Program 1. Designation 2. Investigation 3. Adjudication 4. Reinvestigation 5. Continuous Evaluation EO 12968 The mot prominent of the personnel security executive orders. Limited Access Authorization (LAA) Grant access to classified information to non-US citizens limited in acce...

Behavior Therapy (applied behavior analysis, behavior modification) Therapeutic intervention designed to change behavior using techniques of operant and respondent conditioning as well as behavior analysis. Cue stimulus, prompt): An event that sets the occasion or a certain event to occur. Discriminative Stimulus A cue which results in a resp

What is the definition of behavior? An action that can be observed, measured, and modified. What stage of change is someone in if they are engaging in a new behavior and have been doing so for less than six months? Action What stage of change is someone in if they are in denial or ignorant to the fact that a change may be necessary? Pre-contemplation What type of motivation is driven by personal enjoyment and satisfaction? Intrinsic motivation Which psychological need in the Self-...

How many bones are in the human body? 206 The rib cage is part of which skeleton? Axial Skeleton How many vertebrae within the vertebral column can move independently? 24 Movement between two adjacent vertebrae is made possible by what? Facet Joints Wolffs law describes what? The way bones can grow or shrink New bone material is formed by what? Osteoblasts The strong connective tissue on the bottom of each foot is the: Plantar Aponeurosis

What is the recommended amount of fat per meal for a male client? 2 thumbs What muscle is the prime mover in the bench press? Pectoralis major (sternal pectoralis major) is the largest between the that and clavicular (upper chest) pectoralis. How is strength usually measured? 1RM test since strength is defined as the: 1. ability to contract muscles with maximum force. 2. Being able to exert musculoskeletal force against external object (weights, ground, opponents). What is an enviro...

The human body consists of? chemicals, cells, tissues Metabolism can be categorized in the following? catabolism, anabolism BMR Stands for ? basal metabolic rate A 30 minute jog would rely most heavily on which energy pathway? oxidative What is the automatic tendency to maintain a relatively constant internal environment called? homeostasis About 98% of the human body is composed of only six elements: oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium and phosphorous. (T/F) True Mit...

Cycling your training to help account for shock, compensation, and exhaustion is an important part of periodization and refers to which principle? Henneman's principle GAS principle Principle of size recruitment SAID principle GAS Principle The Law of Overcompensation and Overload allows for which of the following in regards to intensity? Progressively increase over a period to time Progressively decrease over a period of time Remain the same Acute decrease over a period of time ...