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A 38-year-old patient is experiencing chest pain and shortness of breath. The EMT is considering the administration of nitroglycerin, aspirin or albuterol. Correctly place the options with the medication they represent. Select two answer choices for each medication.

EMTs respond to a 36-year-old patient complaining of chest pain and trouble breathing. Which of the following would be the best reason an EMT should administer nitroglycerin to this patient?

Which of the following signs are indicative of a potential cause of altered mental status? Select the three correct answers.

Match the anatomical regions of the brain with their associated physiological functions.

A patient has sustained a secondary phase blast injury. Which of the following presentations would the EMT most likely observe?

You have arrived on the scene of a 16-year-old complaining of ankle pain. The patient advised they fell after twisting their ankle. You can see the ankle is obviously angulated. Which of the following splints would be most appropriate for this patient’s complaint and history?

 A 26-year-old has a gunshot wound to the RLQ of the abdomen. There is little external bleeding and assessment reveals no exit wound. Which of the following should the EMT suspect?

A 24-year-old has been stabbed. EMTs notes blood on the patient’s shirt. The patient is dyspenic and is holding their chest. How should the medics manage this patient? Place the following options in correct procedural order.

 During your primary assessment of a trauma patient’s chest area, you observe that one section of the chest is moving in the opposite direction of the rest of the chest during inhalation. The patient is becoming severely short of breath. What is your best course of action with this patient?

The EMT recognizes that the division between the thoracic and abdominal cavities lies: