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[T/F]: You should always remove the patient’s helmet before log-rolling the patient and placing them on a spine board.

You arrive at a skilled nursing facility to care for an 89-year-old patient with an altered mental status. Staff at the facility state that the patient is being treated for a urinary tract infection, finished her antibiotics yesterday, and began acting differently this morning. The patient’s skin is hot to the touch. She has a rapid heart rate and a low blood pressure. You suspect this patient is experiencing:

Assume you are triaging patients at the scene of an MCI. Based on the following assessments, choose what color you would tag each patient:    AGE FINDINGS TRIAGE TAG COLOR 46 y/o Pt states he feels too dizzy to walk.  Respirations: 20 Cap. Refill:

Assume you are triaging patients at the scene of an MCI. Based on the following assessments, choose what color you would tag each patient:    AGE FINDINGS TRIAGE TAG COLOR 46 y/o Pt states he feels too dizzy to walk.  Respirations: 20 Cap. Refill:

[BLANK] is the term that refers to a lack of electrical activity in the heart. (Please type answer in all lower-case)

Special sign(s) the EMR should look for when assessing patients with injured extremities include:

What effect does bradycardia have on cardiac output?

When assisting with childbirth, providing an airway for the newborn with your fingers during delivery is indicated in which of the following cases?

A patient who is not breathing should receive oxygen via:

You have decided to carry a patient down a flight of stairs using your stair chair. You have a third Emergency Medical Responder on scene. You should direct the additional responder to position him- or herself: