You are dispatched to a residence for a 4-year-old male who is not breathing. When you and your partner arrive at the scene, you find the child’s father is performing mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing on him. The father tells you that his son stuck a pin in an electrical socket. After assessing the child and determining that he is pulseless and apneic, you should:

You are dispatched to a football game, where a spectator fell approximately 20 feet from the stands. As you approach the patient, you can see that he has obvious bilateral femur fractures and is not moving. Your initial action should be to:

The light reactions in photosynthesis produce __________, which are used in the Calvin cycle.

The finer and somewhat fainter breath sounds noted in the lateral wall of the chest are known as:

Which of the following cardiac rhythms or conditions requires defibrillation?

The goal of IV fluid replacement for the patient in shock is to:

Which of the following will most reliably allow you to determine the nature of a patient’s illness?

You should be most suspicious that a patient is experiencing an acute myocardial infarction if he or she presents with:

The next 4 questions will use this scenario.You are dispatched to a local park for a 32-year-old male with difficulty breathing. Upon arrival, bystanders report the patient was playing frisbee golf for the last two hours and became progressively short of breath. The patient is seated against a wall, appearing pale and diaphoretic, with audible wheezing.What is your first priority upon arrival?

In cases of pulmonary edema, diffusion is impaired primarily because of: