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You are dispatched to a local nightclub for a patient who has been stabbed. After arriving at the scene and ensuring your safety as well as your partner’s, you find the patient sitting on the ground. He is conscious, screaming in pain, and attempting to control bright red blood that is spurting from his groin area. After taking standard precautions, you should:

Clinical signs of fetal distress include:

Which of the following head-injured patients should be ventilated at a rate of 20 breaths/min with a bag-mask device and 100% oxygen?

After providing 30 seconds of positive-pressure ventilations to a premature newborn, your partner assesses the infant’s heart rate and finds that it is 50 beats/min. You should:

When a person is exposed to cold temperatures, blood vessels in the skin:

The clonic phase of a generalized motor seizure is characterized by:

Which of the following is the smallest unit of weight?

A 6-year-old unresponsive male presents with respiratory distress, profound cyanosis, and a weak heart rate of 70 beats/min. You should:

A construction worker is pinned between a truck and a loading dock. He is conscious and in respiratory distress. Further assessment reveals upper torso and facial cyanosis and bilateral conjunctival hemorrhages. When treating this patient, you must:

Descent of the fetal head to the pelvic inlet (lightening) occurs: