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Despite treatment, your patient continues to show signs of decompensation and is need of inotropic support. It is decided to initiate a Dobutamine infusion at a rate of 2mcg/kg/min. If you use a micro (60gtts/ml) administration set and the dose on hand is 250mg/500ml, how many drops per minute should you run the infusion?

Which of the following is most likely to occur if you place an oropharyngeal airway that is too small in a pediatric patient?

 How should the paramedic demonstrate appropriate professional conduct during the assessment of this child?

Domestic violence is most likely related to which conditions? 

Your unit responds to an 80-year-old female who fell while on her way to the bathroom. She is complaining of hip/pelvic pain and appears confused; it seems she has been lying on the floor for the entire day. Which of the following treatments will least likely be rendered

Battering is a form of domestic violence that:

What other treatment suggestion would the paramedic consider most useful?

Which of the following reasons explains why glucagon is not usually provided to neonates?

 A pediatric patient is presenting with a decreased level of consciousness and an abnormal breathing pattern. Family relays the patient has had polydipsia, polyphagia, and polyuria. Which condition most likely exists within this patient?

You have a 20-year-old female who appears very ill. She has a fever and foul-smelling vaginal discharge, and she reports severe lower abdominal pain with a history of gonorrhea and chlamydia. Which of the following is most likely the cause of her severe abdominal pain?