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A 47-year-old male presents with severe abdominal pain of 3 hours’ duration. His abdomen is distended and guarded. Your MOST important consideration for this patient should be to:

For the following image, please identify: 1. The artist (if applicable; write N.A. if there is no known artist. Answers left blank will result in no credit given) 2. The title of the artwork 3. The period or style the artwork was made in (as identified in the review slides, NOT the dates) 4. The medium (what it’s made of)

During your assessment of a 50-year-old male who was found unresponsive in an alley, you note that he has slow, shallow respirations; bradycardia; facial cyanosis; and pinpoint pupils. As your partner begins assisting the patient’s ventilations, he directs your attention to the patient’s arms, which have multiple needle tracks on them. Which of the following would most likely explain the patient’s presentation?

You receive a call to a residence where a man found his wife unresponsive on the couch. The patient’s respiratory rate is 8 breaths/min, her breathing is shallow, her heart rate is 40 beats/min, and her pulse is weak. The husband hands you an empty bottle of hydrocodone (Vicodin), which was refilled the day before. You should:

You are dispatched to a local seafood restaurant for a person who is having difficulty breathing, on arrival, you find a 22-year-old woman with facial edema, cyanosis around the lips, audible wheezing, and urticaria on her face and upper body.  Her boyfriend tells you she ate shrimp, and she is allergic to them.   Her boyfriend states they cannot find her epi-pen.  Beginning with Scene Size up describe what would you do and obtain including treatments provided.   

You and your partner are standing by at the scene of a residential fire when you hear the incident commander state, “We have located a victim” over the radio. You should:

Jaundice is best described by which of the following?

A bronze discoloration develops on the body as a result of

The settling of blood to the dependent parts of the body is known as

Pin-point hemorrhage refers to which of the following?