Twenty years after the fact, a patient sues a paramedic for misfeasance. The paramedic’s MOST likely legal protection is:

What is one of the first symptoms of left-sided heart failure?

When assessing the perineum of a woman in labor, paramedics see the head of the infant bulging at the vaginal opening. What is this called?

When using a bulb syringe to suction an infant just delivered, which locality should the paramedic suction first?

What is the standard initial tidal volume setting for a home ventilator?

If a hypothermic patient in cardiac arrest does not respond to one defibrillation, how should the paramedic continue?

What is true of naloxone?

Use the following to answer the next five questions:Paramedics are called to the workplace of a 43-year-old female who is despondent. Her co-workers inform them that she is normally a very “bizarre” person and has acted out inappropriately in the past. They further inform EMS that the patient has been muttering to herself all morning and shouting at inanimate objects (walls, coffee maker, toilets, etc.). When questioning this patient about this episode and her past medical history, how should the paramedic proceed? (Refer to the previously described scenario.)

In comparison to an adult airway structure, how does a child’s airway differ?

Paramedics are called to the home of a 75-year-old male. Neighbors tell EMS that the patient has been confused, hostile, anorexic, and depressed and has been falling frequently. You suspect that the patient may be abusing which substance?