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A diabetic patient who took insulin earlier is found unresponsive with a blood glucose level of 29 mg/dL. What piece of information provided by family gives the best explanation for the patient’s altered mental status?

Which one of the following patients is a candidate for oral glucose?

A 2-month-old presents with labored breathing, fever, and coughing. Auscultation of the lungs reveals significant wheezing bilaterally. Based on this presentation, an EMT would recognize that the patient is most likely suffering from:

Which one of the following patients is a candidate for oral glucose?

What type of material is commonly used to wrap instruments when using an autoclave?

You are assessing a female patient who informs you that she has been pregnant four times before but only delivered once. Which one of the following shows how you should document that information on the prehospital care report?

When should the EMT instruct his partner to cut the umbilical cord?

While performing the reassessment of a 2-year-old male who is severely dyspneic, you note that he is now unresponsive and not breathing. He has a heart rate of 32 beats per minute and his skin is cool and diaphoretic. What instruction would you provide to another EMT who is helping you transport the patient?

A patient with blood pressure of 150/90 has a mean arterial pressure of___

In a normal ear, the Rinne test will always show air conduction better than bone conduction