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An AEMT is faced with treating an unresponsive patient whose respirations are not depressed and the likelihood of narcotic overdose is remote. The AEMT feels helpless and believes that doing anything is better than doing nothing at all, the AEMT then decided to administer naloxone to the patient. The AEMT has fallen prey to an error called:
 
  A) satisficing bias.
  B) fundamental attribution bias.
  C) anchoring bias.
  D) commission bias.

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Medical direction has ordered the administration of activated charcoal to a three-year-old boy. What dose would be MOST appropriate?
 
  A) 1 gram/kilogram
  B) 0.5 mg/kilogram
  C) 50 grams
  D) 100 mg

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An error in clinical reasoning that occurs when the AEMT wrongly attributes a person's behavior to his personality or disposition, rather than to circumstances would be:
 
  A) fundamental attribution error.
  B) commission bias error.
  C) anchoring error.
  D) satisficing error.
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