As a Patient Rises Too Quickly from a Deep Sea

question 10

Multiple Choice

As a patient rises too quickly from a deep sea dive, the nitrogen in his bloods forms ever-enlarging bubbles. The bubbles then cause damage to internal organs and tissues. The EMT would recognize this as applying to:

• A) Boyle law.
• B) Dalton law.
• C) Charles law.
• D) Henry law.

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Definitions:

Transitive Preferences

In decision-making, the condition where if an individual prefers option A to option B and option B to option C, then they also prefer option A to option C.

Majority Rule

A decision-making rule in which the preferences of more than half of the members in a group have authority over decisions.

Transitivity Property

is a mathematical concept applied in various fields, indicating that if relation A is related to B, and B is related to C, then A is necessarily related to C.

Adverse Selection

A scenario where information asymmetry results in high-risk individuals being more likely to engage in agreements, negatively affecting the other party.