An EMT Should Consider Wearing Protective Eyewear When Caring for Which

question 38

Multiple Choice

An EMT should consider wearing protective eyewear when caring for which of these patients?

• A) A patient with a difficult-to-visualize scalp laceration
• B) A trauma patient who is covered in dirt, rocks, and other foreign debris
• C) A patient who is actively coughing
• D) A patient who was sprayed with mace by police during arrest

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Definitions:

Law of Diminishing Returns

The economic principle stating that as one input variable is increased, there is a point at which the marginal gain in output begins to decrease, holding all other inputs constant.

Diseconomies of Scale

Diseconomies of scale occur when a firm's costs per unit increase as the scale of its output increases, often due to inefficiencies that arise from managing a larger organization.

Average Fixed Costs

Costs that do not change with the level of output and are spread over the units of output, thus decreasing per unit as production increases.

Output Increases

Output increases refer to a situation where there is a rise in the quantity of goods or services produced by a company or within an economy.