A pregnant patient can’t remember how many weeks she is into her pregnancy. On exam, paramedics feel the fundus of the uterus at the level of the umbilicus. How far in term should the paramedic suspect the patient is?

When does Stage II of labor end?

Paramedics are dispatched to the home of a 42-year-old male who complains of diarrhea for the past 3 days. He has been unable to eat for the past 24 hours and would like to go to the emergency department. He is visually impaired by complete blindness and has a leader/work dog to assist him. He states that he can walk and would prefer walking to being carried on a stretcher. How should the paramedic proceed?

Use the following to answer the next two questions:A patient is recovering from soft tissue injuries associated with a motorcycle crash. He is concerned about a leaking bandage covering a deep avulsion in his left lower leg. The dressing is leaking a yellowish-green fluid but no blood is obvious. Except for the concern with this particular wound, the patient is in no other distress. On inspection of the wound, the paramedics observe that the area around the injury is puffy and red. The wound is slightly yellow and sweet-smelling. What are these findings consistent with?

When does Stage II of labor end?

Use the following information to answer the next five questions:Paramedics are called to football training camp in late August. A 16-year-old has been exercising in the sun and sweating profusely. He has been drinking water at regular intervals throughout the day. His skin is hot and sweaty, and he is alert and normotensive.How would the paramedics expect this patient’s core body temperature to be? (Refer to the previously described scenario.)

What is kyphosis?

How is oxygenated blood delivered to the fetus?

What is the most important body organ(s) for regulating heat loss?

Use the following information to answer the next five questions:Paramedics are called to a snow-covered cabin. The ambient temperature has been 10° F for more than 1 week. A hiker tells EMS that he believes a man has been in the cabin for 2 days without heat, food, or water. When the paramedics examine the patient, he is bradycardic and Osborn waves are visible on the ECG. He is not shivering and has a depressed level of consciousness.The paramedics would expect this patient’s core body temperature to be _____° F. (Refer to the previously described scenario.)