You are called to the scene of a woman who is having difficulty breathing. Upon arrival you notice several people surrounding the woman who seems to be agitated. Your scene assessment determines it to be safe and you approach the woman who is in the tripod position. Her breathing is rapid and shallow. She states her ribs hurt after being struck with a punch from her husband. You should?

Which of the following paths would be the most probable during a head on collision?

A triage tag?

Scope of practice is:

After manually stabilizing a patients neck and then securing them to the backboard what must you check before transporting them?

You and your partner Caitlin arrive on scene to find a 24 yr. old man conscious, lying on the pavement in a pool of blood. Bright red blood is squirting from a gash on his head and he is holding a knife in his hand. What would you do first?

An unconscious patient would give what type of consent?

Seizures are caused by an overload of electrical activity in the brain. Which of the following answers is capable of causing this electrical overload?

You are first on scene to a motor vehicle accident where there are no apparent hazards. Which of the following would you use to establish a danger zone?

Which of the following is NOT a type of consent?

You are called to an apartment building where several of the tenants are complaining of headache and nausea. You should be concerned that:

Which is the appropriate method of checking the level of responsiveness in an infant of 11 months who appears to be unconscious?

The symptoms of a TIA usually last around ______.

Which of the following is a sign that your patient could be perfusing poorly?

Which of the following may cause a person to have an allergic reaction?

A placenta that develops covering the cervical opening is called?

You and your partner Rodrigo are called to a retirement home where several of the nurses and tenants are vomiting and complaining of dizziness. You should suspect that?

You are on scene of an ice skating accident where your patient has completely dislocated her knee. She has no distal pulses and her leg is pale. She is in extreme pain, so you should?

You have requested helicopter transportation of a critical burn patient. The remote nature of the accident will force the helicopter to land on an incline. From which direction should you approach the helicopter?

Which of the following examples is not considered an immediate life threat that should be managed in your initial assessment of the patient?

An object that is impaled in the abdomen should be?

What is the working diagnosis?

What would you do if a newborn infant has a heart rate lower than 100 beats a minute?

When using the rule of palm to determine the extent of the burn, each palm is considered what percentage of the body surface?

You are staged at a structure fire. A firefighter who has been actively fighting fire has just lain on the ground behind the fire engine. You approach him and begin to assess him. Which of the following signs would you find abnormal and would demand your immediate attention given the situation?

In children a burn is considered critical when?

The First Responder has failed to provide mouth to mask ventilations to a patient who is apneic and warm to the touch. This is an example of?

Which goes on a laceration first?

You and your partner are called to a residence for a welfare check on an elderly patient who is terminally ill. You should be very conscious of all those around you, but your actions should be dictated by the?

Amputation can be?

An adult can lose approximately how much blood and still not be harmed?

You would find the temporal bone in the?

Assessing circulation is to?

When would you remove an object that is impaled in the cheek?

L in the SAMPLE history stands for?

Pressure over the brachial artery could control a bleeding what?

With regard to the SAMPLE history, the question "Have you ever had problems with your heart before?" would relate to which letter?

You have arrived on scene with your partner. The patient is a 49 year old male complaining of shortness of breath. Which of the following is NOT an appropriate action for you to take?

Bilateral would refer to which of the following?

When administering oxygen to a patient with COPD experiencing diffuse chest pain and shortness of breath, you should?

If a patient goes into shock, you know that for one reason or another this person is?

Cardiac arrest is not very common in children, but when it does occur, it is most often the result of?

Which of the following is a sign that your patient could be perfusing poorly?

The majority of cardiac medical emergencies are the result of what?

Which is responsible for transporting unoxygenated blood back to the heart?

How many chambers does the heart have?

Dispatch has just called you to Frontier Lake where a man's boat has capsized. The update is the patient is likely suffering from hypothermia and is breathing very shallow. You and your partner Sean arrive to find a man and a woman doing CPR on an approximately 48 year old male. When you and Sean begin CPR, what rate and depth of compressions will you use?

You and your partner are performing CPR on a 72 year old female who suddenly went unconscious and stopped breathing during a hospital transfer. Your CPR will utilize:

The valve going from the right atrium to the right ventricle is _______.

The first stage of shock is called?

You come upon a victim of asphyxial cardiac arrest. Which of the following is the correct order of action?

Proper use of an AED should include:

What is another name for white blood cells?

You and your partner Ryan arrive on scene to find 2 bystanders doing CPR on an elderly man. While Ryan hooks up the AED, you question the two bystanders and begin assisting with CPR. They say they found him like this just before the ambulance arrived. After approximately 2 minutes of CPR, an analysis is run on the AED and a shock is delivered. Your next action should be?

You are performing CPR on an elderly male with no pulse. What number of chest compressions would be adequate over a 30 second period?

The following terms are used to describe body parts in relationship to specific lines, planes, and body structures except:

The epiglottis serves which function?

You are called to the scene where a child has fallen into the water with an unknown time of submersion. CPR has been in progress for 10 minutes when you arrive. You begin bagging the child with a BVM after requesting your partner get you _______________ to aid in aligning the airway.

You arrive on scene to find a 35 year old man lying prone in the bathroom. He is not alert and you log roll him with c-spine stabilization into a supine position. Your next course of action would be?

The bevel of a nasopharyngeal should be inserted ___________.

Nasal flaring is a sign of what?

You arrive at a restaurant to a call of a woman choking. You find her sitting in a chair, very pale, and sweating. She states in a very hush tone that she has a piece of steak caught in her throat. You should immediately?

You and your partner Sue have just arrived on scene to an unknown injury/ illness. You see a man lying against the side of a convenience store who appears unconscious. One of the witnesses tells you that the man was standing there and then just fell over hitting his head on the building and sliding down into the sitting position. As you check his pulse and respirations you find that he is breathing shallow at about 10 per minute, and his pulse is rapid. What would you do first for this patient?

Your patient is a 61 year old male who has fallen from a step ladder while hanging Christmas lights. He fell approximately 5 feet onto a deck railing and has a contusion on the left side of his neck and head. He is not breathing. Suspecting a possible c-spine injury you attempt to open his airway with the jaw thrust maneuver, but are not successful. How will you next try to open his airway?

Which of the following would be a sign that CPR may not be necessary?

You are transporting an unconscious but breathing 55 year old male who has suffered a head injury. He has an oropharyngeal airway in place. You hear gurgling sounds during his respirations and you need to suction his airway. How should this be accomplished?

Respirations in a preschool aged child would be considered normal at ___________.

You and your partner Greg are performing CPR on a 22 year old man who was in a motorcycle accident. Your CPR will utilize:

The bevel of a nasopharyngeal should be inserted ___________.

What is apnea?

Rescue breaths during adult CPR should be administered?

As a lone rescuer you are preparing to perform ventilations, why would you choose a mouth to mask device rather than a bag mask?

The initial two breaths given during CPR are:

As a lone rescuer you are preparing to perform ventilations, why would you choose a mouth to mask device rather than a bag mask?

Your patient has a pulse, but is not breathing. Rescue breathing should be done... __________________.

Your patient is a 33 year old female who fell off the back of a motorcycle going approximately 20 MPH. Her respirations are irregular at 8 a minute. An OPA has been inserted and ventilations are being assisted with a BVM and 100% O2 at a rate and tidal volume of________________________. C-Spine precautions have been taken and she is packaged and moved to the ambulance where she stops breathing and there is no palpable pulse. CPR is started and the lead paramedic does a rapid sequence intubation. The BVM is attached to the ET tube and ventilations are restarted at a rate of ______________________________________________.

A respiration rate would be considered within normal limits for an adult at____ per minute, for a 6-12 year old child at ____ per minute, and for an infant at____ per minute.

You are ventilating an adult patient who is apneic. According to the AHA, approximately what volume of air should you deliver during each ventilation?

If you referred to the lung sounds as being bilateral, you would be indicating that they are . . .