You are called to assess a patient with dysphasia and hemiplegia, which has occurred at least five times over the past two weeks but has resolved quickly each time. Which of the following BEST describes the clinical significance of this situation? 

You are dispatched to a 25-year-old patient choking in a break room at a factory. The patient is coughing uncontrollably and tells you the cause is food. What is the BEST description of this condition? 

Which of the following degenerative neurological disorders would be the MOST difficult to distinguish from a cerebral vascular accident?

Your patient is unresponsive, hypotensive, and has a bradycardia with a wide complex, Second Degree Mobitz Type II block. Which of the following is most likely to correct the issue? 

You are performing ventilations with a basic airway adjunct. Which part of a bag-valve-mask could be missing and still allow rescue ventilationsto be performed?

Which of these airway devices has a negative impact on positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP)? 

Which of the following would you MOST likely see on the ECG monitor for a patient with elevated potassium levels? 

In the patient with left-sided heart failure, which sign would be most expected?

You are assessing a 65-year-old patient who has had recurrent asthmatic attacks since the age of 12. The patient has a recent history of a right-sided MI with pedal edema. Which of the following would be an accurate description of how the asthma might have precipitated the right-sided MI?

You are called to assess and treat a 64-year-old complaining of a severe headache, vomiting, visual disturbances, and left-sided paralysis. The patient’s pulse is 56 and the blood pressure is 220/160. The patient is noncompliant with “blood pressure” medication. The patient suggests resuming the “blood pressure” medication again and is refusing transport. Which of the following is your BEST response?