You are treating a patient with suspected heat cramps. Your…

You are treating a patient with suspected heat cramps. Your medical director has issued standing orders for such treatment given the high number of heat-related emergencies to which your service routinely responds in the summer months. Regarding these standing orders, which of these instructions would seem most appropriate?

The high pressure alarm is sounding on a home ventilator. As…

The high pressure alarm is sounding on a home ventilator. As your partner prepares the bag-valve mask, you quickly determine that no problem exists with the machine itself. As positive pressure ventilation is initiated, you note high resistance to the ventilations and have a difficult time adequately squeezing the bag. Your next action would be to:

You are by the side of a young male patient who hit his head…

You are by the side of a young male patient who hit his head after diving from a hillside into a shallow lake. The patient is responsive to noxious stimuli applied to his trapezeus muscle and has a large hematoma to his forehead with abrasions all over his face. A paramedic also asks you to apply painful stimuli to his arms and legs, one at a time. You recognize that the paramedic wants you to assess for which type of injury or condition?