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When administering medications, we always go through the “six rights.” These are the right patient, the right medication, the right dose, the right route, and the right documentation. The one not mentioned would be the right:

You are preparing to suction the mouth of an adult patient who is apneic. Which of the following is TRUE regarding what you should do when suctioning this patient?

As you perform a primary assessment on a patient, you find the patient is completely unresponsive, has no radial pulse, but has a rapid, weak carotid pulse. Breathing is rapid and shallow, color is pale, and the skin is wet. These findings would lead you to believe that the patient is in:

From the list provided, select the five (5) most common causes of inadequate oxygenation of a newborn in the prehospital setting.

The MOST practical way to prevent cross contamination of patients would be to:

Which of the following would represent the normal respiratory rates for a school age child?

During which of the components of the patient assessment process are vital signs first taken?

You are called to the scene of a multi-trauma patient who has distended neck veins. Which of the following could be eliminated from your differential diagnosis?

You arrive to find a 32-year-old female lying in bed, pulseless, and apneic. Which category of moves should you utilize?

You are responding to a call where a 55-year-old-has the chief complaint of “severe heartburn”. You know that this symptom is misleading and quite often it is related to: