The ambulance is called for an assaulted patient. While transporting the patient to the hospital, the EMT notes the patient's jugular veins are flat (nondistended). Which of these is most likely the cause of this finding?
A) Closed head injury
B) High blood pressure
C) Blood collecting around the heart in the pericardial sac
D) Blood loss
D
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Which one of the following patients requires the EMT to remove an impaled object in the field?
A) Young female with a broken pencil through her cheek and into the oropharynx; blood from the injury is flowing into her throat B) Male patient with a six-inch knife to his left upper quadrant; there is active bleeding around the injury site C) Female with a knife to the right side of her chest; she is short of breath and coughing up blood D) Male patient who fell on a screwdriver, which is impaled through his hand; the patient is in pain and requesting that you remove the screwdriver
Using the figure, what amount of oxygen is necessary to be bled into a Pulmonetic Systems LTV 1000, with a minute volume of 10 L/min, to achieve a fractional inspired oxygen level of 70%?
a. 5 L/min c. 10 L/min b. 8 L/min d. 15 L/min
Temperature extremes, either hot or cold, expose the Paramedic to the possibility of a ____ injury through direct contact, convection, conduction, or any of the other methods of temperature transference.
A. radiological B. thermal C. chemical D. mechanical
The artery that lies on the thumb side of the wrist is the:
a. popliteal b. radial c. temporal d. ulnar