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Your adult patient has altered mentation and chest pain while displaying an unstable irrregular extreme tachycardia on the monitor. Of the following, which would be the most appropriate cardioversion dose for this patient?

You have been called to the home of a 68 y/o male who states he had a vague lower back pain beginning yesterday and it has steadily gotten worse.  It is now a “constant, sharp, killing pain” (“a 10”) that is “boring” through his abdomen.  There is nothing that makes it better.  Vitals: BP=70/42, Pulse=76 & weak; Respirations=26.  Lungs sounds are clear.  Based upon this information, you would suspect which of the following?

The most common cause of death following a tricyclic antidepressant overdose is:

At the 1-minute evaluation, a neonatal patient’s APGAR score is 5.  What does this score indicate?

During transport of a 36-year-old female who just delivered a healthy 4 kilogram baby you discover she is bleeding heavily onto your stretcher.  What should your response be to this finding after reassessing vital signs?

You are performing chest compressions on an obviously pregnant patient (38 weeks).  When performing chest compressions, which of the following modifications must be followed?

You have intubated an unresponsive 28-year-old male that was in respiratory arrest secondary to a barbiturate overdose. You confirm proper placement of the endotracheal tube with waveform capnography and have positive lungs sounds bilaterally. The initial capnometry reading was 52 mm Hg and it was found to be 28 mm Hg when reassessed 5 minutes later. Based on that, you determine that your partner is ventilating the patient too:

Which of the following is a contraindication for the use of CPAP?

During early inspiration, intrathoracic pressure is normally:

Symptoms of delirium tremens usually begin within what time period after the last alcohol intake?