You and your EMT partner are dispatched for a 33 year old ma…

You and your EMT partner are dispatched for a 33 year old male who is intoxicated. You have an 8 minute response time. Law enforcement has secured the scene. The patient is located in the back of a police cruiser. The patient is conscious and breathing handcuffed in the back seat. The officer reports that the patient was driving erratically and was pulled over on suspicion of DUI. The patient is alert to self, and reports feeling sick. The patient has pale, diaphoretic skin.   You obtain the patient’s vitals and they are as noted on the monitor below;     You also obtain a capillary blood glucose reading which reads 32mg/dl. What 3 treatments do you want to provide?

You and your EMT partner are dispatched for an 87 year old f…

You and your EMT partner are dispatched for an 87 year old female who was weak. You have a 3 minute response. You arrive to find the patient leaning over in a recliner. Nursing staff reports that she has been acting strange for about 6 hours. Your patient is alert, speaks with slurred speech, and is not oriented. What diagnotic tool do you want to utilize to further assess this patient?