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You are called to a baseball field to assess a 36-year-old female whose foot was caught in a hole causing her to fall while she was running to catch a fly ball. She complains of pain in her right lower leg and indicates that she immediately felt pain and heard a crack when she fell. The patient is rating her pain at a 9 on a 1 to 10 scale. She has no other injuries or medical contraindications to pain medication. When is the best time, and how much pain medication should you provide the patient?

You are called to a residence where a 30-year-old-female was thrown from her house during an explosion. She is supine, unresponsive and has some notable burns, but no obvious bleeding. She is breathing at 30 times per minute and has a weak radial pulse at 130 beats per minute. Which of the following should be included in a rapid trauma survey?

While treating a 17-year-old female with a fluttering feeling in her chest, you find delta waves on the 12-lead ECG. The patient’s history is that she is seeing her personal physician for intermittent fainting spells. What condition is most likely the problem today?

You have been called to the residence of a 27-year-old male with sudden dyspnea. the patient is unresponsive, breathing at 34 times per minute and shallow. His external jugular veins are distended and his trachea is deviated to the right. Which of the following would you most likely expect to find?

You are called to the scene of a 27-year-old male who has received a laceration to his brachial artery. First responders have attempted to control bleeding with direct pressure but have been unsuccessful. The patient has a pulse of 120, respirations of 24, his skin is pale, cool and clammy and his blood pressure is 70/40. Which of these signs best indicates that the patient has entered decompensated shock?

You are at the scene of an unresponsive 52-year-old male who is apneic and pulseless. The cardiac rhythm is shown below. You have defibrillated, intubated the patient, and initiated an IV. After performing an initial shock and CPR, you are informed that the patient has overdosed on a tricyclic antidepressant. Which of the following represents the next appropriate treatment for this patient?

You are called to the scene of a 48-year-old female who has overdosed on diazepam. She is unresponsive, breathing at 4 times per minute, a pulse of 90 and a blood pressure of 80/60. Which of the following would be the most appropriate treatment for this patient?

You are treating a patient with a major laceration to the forearm that has continued to bleed even after you have applied direct pressure and a pressure bandage. There is evidence of blood soaking though the bandage. Your next action would be to:

You are called to treat a 32-year-old cook who was burned while bringing a pot of hot grease out of the kitchen. The patient has blisters covering him upper extremities from the elbows to the wrists. He also has white waxy blistering buns to his right anterior thigh. Proper care for these injuries would include:

You are treating a 64-year-old female patient who has broken her right ankle. The patient has a history of COPD and is on supplemental oxygen at 2 lpm via nasal cannula. The patient’s vitals are: pulse 90, respirations 20, blood pressure 150/90, skin is pink, warm and dry, and pulse oximetry at 94. Which of the following should you choose for oxygen administration?