During a long-distance transfer of a patient with a feeding tube, you suspect the G-tube is either kinked or obstructed. The feeding machine is giving an alarm of “obstruction”. How should you FIRST confirm whether the problem is with the G-tube or the machine?

You are on scene treating an 86 year-old female that fell out of bed while asleep at home. She is complaining of right hip and right thigh pain. Her right leg is shortned and externally rotated. She has a history of liver Cancer, pre-renal failure, and Osteoporosis. She is in severe pain with tears in her eyes and a 10/10 complaint of pain. She denies any other complaints of pain or discmomfort. Her vitals are BP: 112/76, HR 112 and regular, RR: 24 with clear lung sounds, SPO2: 95%, Skin: pink, warm, sweaty. Patient weighs 60 kg. Select the three most appropriate actions: sinus tach(1).jpg

Responders are called to treat a 78-year-old found at the bottom of the stairs in the basement. The patient is complaining of hip and pelvic pain during movement to the prone position. Which of the following nervous system assessment findings would be considered abnormal for this scenario?

You have responded on an 84 year-old male that had a syncopal episode and is now complaining of chest tightness, dizziness, nausea, and vomiting. The patient is slow to answer questions but tells you he has extensive cardiac history. He started feeling palpitaions in his chest and then passed out sitting up in his chair. He is AAO x 4 with slow answers and intermittent eye closing/nodding off. Vitals are BP: 90/56, HR 220 irregular, RR: 26 bpm with clear lung sounds, SPO2: 94%, Skin: pale, cool, sweaty. Patient weighs 80 kg. Select the two most appropriate actions: AFIB WPW.png  Select all appropriate actions

A three-year-old child was found wandering in a neighborhood park. You are called to evaluate and most likely, transport the child to the hospital. You see that the child has old bruises in multiple areas of his body along with burn scars. These are present on all limbs, the back and abdomen. You suggest to the police that the best explanation for these injuries is:

The concern for the disease progression of muscular dystrophy is the eventual:

According to a home health aid, your medical patient is normally paralyzed from the neck down and requires tube feeding 3-4 times per day. What situation would MOST commonly require EMS intervention and transport to the emergency department?

You are called to the scene of a young child with a surgical shunt. The child is very lethargic and listless. Which of the following is MOST likely occurring?

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding child abuse?

The next three (3) questions in this quiz refer to the following case study:  Case Study: Jill has been working in a healthcare facility that is still using a paper-based system in which she documents patient information into a paper medical record every day. She has just found out that her facility will start implementing an electronic health system (EHR) in the next 6 months. She has been told that she will need to start working to develop informatics skills so that she will become more competent when documenting patient information. She is reluctant to do this because the way she has been documenting patient information over the past 10 years is satisfactory and she feels she does not need to learn to use the new electronic medical record (EMR) system.    Why would an Electronic Health Record be more beneficial than paper-based documentation? (2 marks)