You are treating a 38-year-old female patient with abdominal distress. The patient's vital signs are stable and you are getting ready to transport. What is the BEST position to transport the patient?
You have just worked a cardiac arrest call on a 48-year-old father of three. Despite your best efforts, the patient died in the emergency department. As you are getting your ambulance in service, the patient's wife rushes out of the emergency department. She finds you and begins screaming at you that her husband's death is your fault. She blames you for not getting on the scene fast enough,
While you are assessing for Babinski's response, the patient's big toe dorsiflexes and the other toes fan out. This indicates a ________ response, which is ________
En route to the hospital, your patient says, "You know, I haven't had a date since my spouse died six years ago. Why don't you take down my phone number and call me?" Which of the following is an appropriate response?
You arrive on the scene to help another crew with the extrication from an attic of a female patient who fell while retrieving holiday decorations. As a result of the fall, she has an open fracture to her left lower leg. The patient has been fully immobilized to a long board and has a rigid splint in place to her left leg. Which one of the following would indicate the extremity has been improperly
You respond to a construction site on a very hot summer day for a person "not acting right." You find a 38-year-old male patient seated in a work vehicle with the air conditioner on maximum. Coworkers state the patient was working for the last 2 hours pouring concrete when he started "speaking gibberish" and nearly collapsed. The patient is responsive to verbal stimuli. Your initial vital signs
You have administered 25 g of 50 percent dextrose to a patient who was initially unresponsive with a blood glucose level of 23 mg/dL. Which of the following is the best indication that the patient's condition is improving?
A small earthquake has damaged several houses in a neighborhood. As you are sizing up the scene, an anxious man tells you his neighbor is trapped inside his home. He asks you to help get her out of the house. You should: