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63. Endotracheal intubation and positive pressure ventilation are instituted because of a client’s deteriorating respiratory status. What is the priority nursing intervention at this time? 

You observe that your EMT partner has challenges with documenting his vital signs accurately. It seems like sometimes he even makes information up. What is the MOST important reason for him to properly document accurate vital signs?

After you have confirmed a conscious 6-year-old child has choked on a toy, you assess that the airway is still partially obstructed. What is the BEST plan if the child is able to cry?

During your assessment of a patient, you find a shunt in his lower arm. The patient states he had the shunt placed last week and only had dialysis once. His complaint today is that he doesn’t feel well. He has a fever and nausea with redness and soreness around the shunt. Based on this information, you believe the problem to be:

Firefighters have removed a patient from a fire in a confined space, so you suspect carbon monoxide exposure. The patient has no burns, but is tachycardic, hypotensive, and unresponsive. The reason the patient is in shock is most likely due to:

You are called to the scene of a trauma involving a female who is 9 months pregnant and in labor. She was cut in her radial artery and you have controlled the bleeding. Her pulse is 98, respirations are 26 and shallow, blood pressure is 100/70, her skin is slightly pale, and she is anxious. Which of the following is your primary concern?

After a vacuum splint has been applied to the patient’s arm, he complains that his hand is becoming numb. What response would be MOST appropriate given this statement?

During extrication of a truck driver trapped in his cab, you see the rescue squad is assembling the extrication tools. What precaution should the EMS provider exercise given this scenario?

The key to an AED successfully converting a lethal rhythm after an underwater event is:

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