Question: An EMT drives an ambulance to a call for a child drowning. Another EMT drives an ambulance to a call for an elderly woman with

 An EMT drives an ambulance to a call for a child

An EMT drives an ambulance to a call for a child drowning. Another EMT drives an ambulance to a call for an elderly woman with general weakness. Is there any difference in the way the ambulance would be operated between the two calls? Why or why not? You are called to a construction site where a patient became unresponsive in a deep ditch that was being dug for utility work. Another worker went in and also became unresponsive. You arrive first and before the fire department. You can almost reach the second worker but it would entail you leaning several feet into the ditch. Should you attempt the rescue? Why or why not? List all the information you can determine from the following hazmat placard and 704 signs: NFPA 704

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