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You have arrived on scene to find a 32-year-old male patient who complains of rapid breathing, light-headedness, tachycardia, and numbness and tingling to his lips and hands. Family on scene report that he had just received bad advice from his attorney about a pending divorce when the symptoms started. The patient denies chest pain as well as any other past medical history. His pulse is 124, respirations are 52 breaths/min, and his blood pressure is 158/68 mmHg. What is your first course of action in treating this patient?

Which condition is best described a a disease where there is chronic irritation, swelling and thickening of the bronchi and bronchiole lining resulting in mucus plugs?

The typical desired SpO2 for a patient complaining of shortness of breath with a history of COPD is:

A pulmonary embolism, tension pneumothorax and pericardial tamponade is most likely to cause which category of shock?

Which device will enable the EMT to deliver the  highest concentration of oxygen to a patient?

The primary danger of an aortic aneurysm is:

What is the normally the first step of the primary survey?

A 66-year-old male patient is complaining of chest pain. The EMT is considering assisting with the patient’s prescribed nitroglycerin. Which of these statements made by the patient is  most relevant to the EMT at this time?

Which of these statements, when made by the EMT, reflects correct knowledge regarding the use of oxygen in a patient with non-traumatic chest pain who denies dyspnea, has a pulse oximeter reading of 96%, shows no signs of shock and has normal vital signs?

A 44-year-old male patient has been shot in the abdomen. Which assessment findings would lead you to believe that the patient is in  compensated shock?