You Have Been Assigned to a Football Game to Provide

question 19

Multiple Choice

You have been assigned to a football game to provide standby coverage. While taking a break, you decide to walk to a nearby concession stand for a soft drink. On the way, you come across a group of people standing around a male patient who collapsed and is on the ground. Your assessment reveals him to be unresponsive, not breathing, and pulseless. A bystander states that the patient collapsed less than a minute earlier. An AED is located less than a minute from your location. The nearest EMT is 5 minutes from your location. Which one of the following should you do immediately?

• A) Start CPR and wait for the AED.
• B) Run to retrieve the nearby AED.
• C) Call for assistance and start CPR.
• D) Take manual in-line spinal stabilization.

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Definitions:

Parametric Tests

Statistical tests that assume the underlying data distributions fit certain parameters, such as being normally distributed.

Errors In Assumptions

Mistakes or misjudgments made regarding the foundational conditions or premises upon which statistical analyses or models are based.

Nonparametric Techniques

Statistical methods that do not assume a specific distribution for the data and are often used for data that does not meet the assumptions necessary for parametric tests.

Population Distribution

The spread of characteristics (e.g., values or categories) within a population.