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Multiple people in a small town began experiencing abdominal cramps, excessive salivation and urination, and muscle twitching shortly after a small crop duster plane made several passes over the community. As you are assessing the patients, you further determine that most of them are bradycardic and have miosis. In addition to 100% oxygen, the MOST important treatment for these patients includes:

A 70-year-old male presents with acute aphasia, unilateral weakness, and confusion. In addition to administering 100% oxygen, it is important to:

Which of the following statements regarding medication administration in pediatric patients is correct?

A 68-year-old female with unstable bradycardia requires 0.5 mg of atropine. Your paramedic partner opens a prefilled syringe of atropine containing 1 mg/10mL. How many milliliters should be administered to the patient?

After several years in EMS, you begin to experience chronic stress. An effective way to deal with this is to:

What is the primary advantage of preemptive pharmacogenomic testing compared to reactive testing?

When transporting a moderately hypothermic patient, you must avoid unnecessary bumps in the road. Not doing so may result in:

Which of the following is used as a self-diagnostic test by patients?

Compartment syndrome is caused by:

Shortly following a meal, a 49-year-old female complains of acute pain to the right upper quadrant of her abdomen with referred pain to her right shoulder. This is MOST suggestive of acute: