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Chose the best management strategy and target systolic blood pressure reading for a patient with uncontrolled internal hemorrhage (select one per category)

Where would be the best location to transport a patient who has multiple system trauma?

You have a patient with a head injury who is breathing at 4 times per minute. Which of the following would have the greatest positive impact on cerebral perfusion and a decrease in intracranial pressure?

As you are assessing your hypothermic patient, you observe a lack of shivering, an unobtainable blood pressure, a pulse of 50, respirations of 10, and an ECG tracing of atrial fibrillation. What is the significance of these findings?

You have an anxious trauma patient with pale, cool, clammy skin and a stable blood pressure of 120/80. His pulse and respirations are rapid. Which of the following BEST classifies this patient?

Using the rule of 9’s, how would you calculate the BSA that is burned?

Which of the following is a reason to consider air medical transport?

You are called to treat a patient who initially presented with sharp, tearing pain, confusion, vertigo, and hemiplegia about 2 minutes after ascending from a dive. The patient is now unresponsive with a weak, rapid pulse. Which of the following is your MOST important intervention?

You have responded to the scene of a motor vehicle collision where a 27-year-old driver has been pinned by the steering wheel. The patient is unresponsive, breathing at 30 times per minute and very shallow, and has petechiae of the skin from the shoulders on up. The remaining rapid trauma assessment reveals no other injuries. If this patient remains pinned for a prolonged period of time, which of the following treatment options should be considered?

Your patient had a major laceration of the brachial artery. After you controlled the bleeding, the patient wanted to refuse transport; however, when the patient stood up, the systolic blood pressure dropped by 30 mmHg. Which of the following BEST explains this situation?