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A patient whom you transported several days ago stops by your station to thank you. They report that they were diagnosed with a strain to the lower right leg. As such, you recognize which structure as being affected by that injury?

Family members report that their 62-year-old mother complained of dizziness and right leg weakness just before falling down a flight of stairs. Your assessment indicates that the patient is responsive, but confused and talking with garbled speech. Her breathing is adequate and her radial pulse is strong. Vital signs are pulse 84 beats/min, respirations 18 breaths/min, blood pressure 188/110 mmHg, and SpO2 96%. There is an open fracture to her right forearm. When instructed to do so, the patient does not move the fingers of her right hand. When caring for this patient, which sequence of actions seems most appropriate?

A patient has been stabbed in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen. Which solid organ should the EMT be most concerned with being injured?

A female patient who is 35 weeks pregnant tripped and fell down 12 stairs. She now complains of back pain, numbness to her legs, and nausea. She is secured to a long spine board with spinal motion restriction precautions placed and is being nonemergently transported to the hospital for evaluation. En route, the patient exclaims that she is having contractions and thinks that her water may have broken. Which intervention should you perform immediately?

The best way to detect contact lenses for removal is to:

A male patient has been assaulted and sustained blunt trauma to the abdomen. As you start the primary assessment, you note that he is vomiting blood and you begin to suction him immediately. After the airway has been suctioned, you should:

A patient has been stabbed in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen. Which solid organ should the EMT be most concerned with being injured?

Assessment findings for a 33-year-old female who was shot in the right side of the chest indicate that she has a pneumothorax. As you care for this patient, your primary concern is monitoring the injury for:

A “whiplash”-type neck injury is most often observed with which type of collision?

A new EMT who just started working with your EMS system asks you to describe a flail segment. Which statement best describes this injury?