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You have just completed spinal immobilization of a hemodynamically stable patient with a possible spinal injury. Prior to moving the patient to the ambulance, it is most important to:

Dysrhythmias following a myocardial contusion are usually secondary to:

Law enforcement requests your assistance for a 40-year-old man they found in an alley. According to one police officer, the patient is “probably drunk.” The outside temperature is 37 degrees Fahrenheit with a light wind and drizzle. The patient, who is conscious but confused, is shivering and has slurred speech. His skin is cold and pale, his heart rate is 68 beats/min and regular, and his respirations are 24 breaths/min and regular. After moving the patient into the warmed ambulance, you should:

You are responding with your paramedic partner to the scene of a one vehicle crash with unknown injuries. An engine company with extrication capabilities has been dispatched with you. You are the first on scene and find the vehicle below. There are four patients in the vehicle and the next available paramedic ambulance is 10 minutes away. Based on your current available resources, triage the following patients in the order of highest to lowest priority.      Patient #1 (Driver) – No purposeful movements, agonal breaths after airway is opened, weak peripheral pulse, no major hemorrhage. Significant head/facial trauma noted.  Patient #2 (Front seat passenger) –  Extremely anxious but able to follow commands, breathing spontaneously at a rate of 24 per minute, peripheral pulse strong and rapid, no major hemorrhage. Closed fractures noted to extremities.   Patient #3 (Driver’s side rear passenger) – No purposeful movements, spontaneously breathing at a rate of 20 per minute, peripheral pulse weak and rapid, significant hemorrhage noted to the left upper arm. Head/facial injuries noted as well as open humerus fracture.  Patient #4 (Passenger’s side rear passenger) – Making purposeful movement, breathing spontaneously at a rate of 18 per minute, peripheral pulse present and strong, no major hemorrhage. Complaining of neck and lower back pain. 

A 19-year-old woman fell from a second story window and landed on her head. She is unconscious with a blood pressure of 168/104 mm Hg, heart rate of 56 beats/min, and irregular respirations of 8 breaths/min. Further assessment reveals blood draining from her nose and bilaterally dilated pupils that are slow to react. In addition to employing full spinal precautions, the most appropriate treatment for this patient involves:

When caring for a patient with an open chest wound, you should:

A blood pressure of 110/68 mm Hg in the presence of clinical signs of a tension pneumothorax:

Which of the following statements regarding a nondisplaced fracture is correct?

WRITE THE WORDS: In connection with the placement location of an ad in a magazine, the inside back cover is referred to as the [BLANK-1] position.

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