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You are called to a farmhouse on a sunny spring afternoon. Upon arrival, a frantic mother tells you that her 3-year-old daughter was playing in the yard, accidentally stepped on a hornets’ nest, and was stung repeatedly. The patient is alert, screaming and crying, and can follow her mother’s commands. Her arms and legs are swollen and show the marks of several stings. Her body is covered in hives. Her vital signs are blood pressure 90/40, pulse 110, respiratory rate 24, and oxygen saturation 99 percent. Her lung sounds are clear and equal bilaterally. Her mother states she put “nox-a-sting” on the bites but the bites only seemed to get worse. What condition is the patient suffering from?

Your neurological emergency patient opens his eyes to voice command, uttersincomprehensible sounds, and can localize pain. What is his Glasgow Coma Scalescore?

A patient is a middle-aged male found outside a homeless shelter.  As you approach, he coughs up pink sputum and passes out. What should you do?

Your patient has a known bee allergy.  She was stung and now complains that her throat feels “itchy.”  You note that her lips are swelling.  She has a prescribed epinephrine auto-injector.  What should you do?

What effects does epinephrine have on the cardiovascular system?

What are the names given to each medication listed in the U.S. Pharmacopoeia?

Dispatch is relaying information about a call to a large office building in the center oftown. They first received one call about a person with a headache and violent vomiting.Now they tell you they have received at least ten calls to this same address with victimshaving the same symptoms. What is the best information for you to relay back todispatch regarding this call? Have dispatch tell:

You are called to assess a conscious patient having a behavioral emergency. Which ofthe following is a correct technique regarding physical assessment of this patient?

You have arrived on the scene of a patient who has just regained consciousnessfollowing a syncopal episode. The patient is surrounded by EMS providers and there areno family members or friends around. Which of the following feelings would you MOSTlikely expect this patient to experience?

You have responded to a patient with a suspected heroin overdose. Which of thefollowing signs and symptoms would you MOST likely expect?