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You are called to the scene of a 57-year old male with anxiety and difficulty breathing. He is breathing 22 times per minute,  wheezing and rhonchi are heard in all lobes, his pulse oximetry reading is 92%, and his heart rate is 100, blood pressure 140/90. Which of the following would be included in your treatment options? Select all that apply.

In the average adult, an increased diastolic pressure is a reflection of an increase in:

Which of the following activities must be dealt with FIRST during the treatment of a patient whom rescuers believe weighs more than 220 kg and is short of breath?

During a transfer, rescuers determine a patient is no longer breathing spontaneously. Which of the following is the BEST reason for choosing a bag-valve-mask device instead of performing rescue breathing (mouth-to-mouth)?

Which of the following is TRUE regarding an EMS medical director’s authority?

When should you as a professional pre-hospital care provider consider the use of body substance isolation (BSI) precautions?

The anatomical region of the pharynx that is a combination of the two pharyngeal areas is called the:

You are confronted by a patient with a knife.  Which nervous system would control your fight or flight reaction?

The identification of this rhythm is:

What has occurred if your patient develops fever, chills, backache, headache, nausea and vomiting thirty minutes after the start of an IV?