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You are called to treat a patient with an initial complaint of double vision, dysphasia, hemiplegia, and aphagia. On the way to the hospital, the symptoms begin resolving. Which of the following is MOST likely occurring in this situation?

Choose the BEST reason for leaving a snug-fitting helmet in place on a professional football player who injured his neck.

You are caring for a patient with severe abdominal pain. He had just been struck in the abdomen by a baseball bat. The patient wants to keep his knees bent up close to the abdomen. As you prepare the patient for transport, what position should he be in?

You are transporting a 75-year-old emphysema patient complaining of dyspnea. You observe cyanosis. He asks how much oxygen you are giving him. You tell him 10 liters per minute and he becomes concerned. Which of the following is an appropriate response to your patient?

A patient approaches your ambulance complaining of trouble breathing. Which finding indicates ineffective breathing?

Which age group accounts for receiving the highest percentage of all reported child abuse cases?

Reporting three sets of vital signs to the nurse who receives your patient in the Emergency Department would be most important because:

You are at the scene where a car has hit a child on a bike. The child is about 10 years old and there is no one around who recognizes the child. The child is unresponsive and has an open tibia fracture. As you prepare to treat the child, you hear someone say “don’t they need permission to do that sort of thing?” you decide to:

If temperature and pressure are held constant, the volume is _____ the number of moles in a gas.

Children who grow up in a deprived environment are likely to show: