You Are Watching an EMT Prepare the Ambulance for the Upcoming

question 86

Multiple Choice

You are watching an EMT prepare the ambulance for the upcoming shift. In regards to oxygen cylinders and equipment, which one of the following requires immediate intervention?

• A) He lays tanks on the floor when removed from the ambulance.
• B) He cleans a dirty oxygen tank with a petroleum-based agent.
• C) He ensures that the temperature in the oxygen storage room is under 100°F.
• D) He makes certain that all valves on the empty oxygen tanks are closed.

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Definitions:

Economies of Scale

Cost advantages that enterprises obtain due to their scale of operation, with cost per unit of output generally decreasing with increasing scale.

Marginal Cost

The expenditure required to produce an additional unit of a product.

Short-run Cost Function

An economic formula that describes how production costs change in the short term with varying levels of output, assuming some inputs are fixed.

Average Cost

The cost per unit of output, calculated by dividing total costs by the total quantity of output produced.