You respond to the scene of a motor vehicle collision involving a small pickup truck that struck the rear of a moving tractor-trailer. The driver of the tractor-trailer is walking around and complains of neck pain. The driver of the pickup truck is conscious, but cannot exit the vehicle because the door is stuck and the steering wheel is displaced onto his lap. The passenger of the pickup truck
is sitting upright in the passenger seat, is unconscious, but has radial pulses. Access to the passenger is not obstructed. A fourth patient, who was sitting in the pickup truck bed, is found about 10 feet away and responds to commands appropriately. Assuming your ambulance is the only emergency vehicle on the scene currently, which of the following patients should be packaged for transport first by the next arriving ambulance?
A) Passenger in the pickup truck's front seat B) Tractor trailer driver
C) Passenger ejected from the pickup truck bed D) Pickup truck driver
A
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When relying on a cell (mobile) phone for medical communications, the EMT realizes that:
A) He can relay his diagnosis of the patient's problem to the emergency department B) He should use the same format of communication as used for radio transmissions C) He is free to relay personal and confidential information not allowed over the radio D) He can talk more casually and not in as structured a manner as when using the radio
What is implied by an abnormally prolonged PR interval?
a. Atrioventricular block b. Bundle-branch block c. Myocardial infarction d. Valvular detachment
A patient about to receive postural drainage and percussion is attached to an electrocardiographic (ECG) monitor and is receiving both intravenous (IV) solutions and O2 (through a nasal cannula)
Which of the following actions would be appropriate for this patient? a. Cancel the therapy because the patient cannot be repositioned. b. Inspect and adjust the equipment to en-sure function during therapy. c. Turn off the ECG monitor, but keep the IV line and O2 going. d. Turn off the IV line, but keep the monitor on and the O2 going.
Nezlof's syndrome: ________
Fill in the blank with correct ICD-10.