During the Scene Size-Up on a Call for a Patient

question 19

Multiple Choice

During the scene size-up on a call for a patient with penetrating trauma due to a stab wound, which of the following should you do?

• A) Collect anything that could be used as evidence.
• B) Check for weapons on or near the patient.
• C) Try to find out in which direction the assailant fled.
• D) Assume that the patient has no weapons if law enforcement is on the scene.

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Definitions:

Marginal Cost

The increase in expenditure resulting from the production of an additional unit of a good or service.

Short-run Cost Function

The relationship between the cost of production and the level of output when at least one input is fixed in the short term.

Long-run Cost Function

A relationship that shows the lowest possible cost at which a firm can produce any given level of output when all inputs, including capital, are variable.

Cost-output Elasticity

A measure of how responsive the cost of production is to a change in the output level.