While on standby at a semi-professional baseball game, you are summoned onto the field at home plate for a player who complains of severe leg pain after colliding with the catcher of the opposing team when attempting to slide into home base. The primary assessment shows no threats to the airway, breathing, or circulation. The secondary assessment reveals a severely deformed knee that is swollen and ecchymotic. The leg is pale and cool, and the patient cannot move his leg when asked to do so. In addition, you cannot palpate a pedal pulse. What should the EMT’s priority action be at this time?

Which statement made by an EMT indicates an understanding of facial anatomy and/or injuries?

Which sign or symptom of shock will be observed last?

A 74-year-old female complains of abdominal pain after falling down five stairs off her front porch and striking her abdomen and left hand on a mailbox at the bottom. The patient also reports pain in her left wrist and right ankle, both of which show obvious deformity. She is alert and oriented, and her abdomen is free of bruising but tender in the left upper and lower quadrants. Her vital signs are pulse, 132 beats/min; respirations, 22 breaths/min; blood pressure, 106/86 mmHg; and initial SpO2, 93% on room air. Oxygen has been applied, and the patient has full spine motion restriction precautions in place. Advanced life support has been requested and is 12 minutes away from your current location. What is your next action?

Assessment findings for a 33-year-old female who was shot in the right side of the chest indicate that she has a pneumothorax. As you care for this patient, your primary concern is monitoring the injury for:

A 10-year-old boy has an open chest wound to the left lateral thorax after falling off a deck being built in his back yard, and landing on a metal spike protruding from the ground. His family is present; they are very upset and crying. As an EMT, you recognize that in this situation, your primary focus is:

You have been called to a nursing home for a confused 91-year-old male patient who became dizzy and fell, striking his head on the floor. Which statement made by the nurse should be of most concern to you?

In the geriatric population, what is the minimally acceptable pulse oximeter reading that you want to maintain?

An alert and oriented young male fell 5 feet from a stage, impacting a metal railing with the right side of his chest, inferior to his armpit. The primary assessment is negative for life threats, although he does complain of very painful breathing and has remarkable tenderness and crepitus over the fifth and sixth ribs laterally in this area. Throughout care, which action is essential to perform?

A middle-aged male died immediately after a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Which portion of the central nervous system was most likely damaged to cause such a rapid death?