You and your partner have arrived on scene to a cardiac arrest. Your patient’s skin is cyanotic. Your partner starts to bag the patient and does so every 5-6 seconds with good chest rise and fall.As soon as they start, they ask if you can tell they are doing it correctly. How would a competent EMT reply, yes or no, and why?

An EMR is preparing to insert a nasopharyngeal airway device in a patient with a gag reflex. You note the patient presents with a fracture to base of their skull. Should you allow the EMR to continue with this intervention?

Which would be the most appropriate way for you to reduce or alleviate stress?

What process breaks down cAMP to form GMP? 

While performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, how should healthcare practitioners assess for a successful effort?

Regarding the movement of patients, you should do which of the following: Select three correct answers.

You have been called to a residence for a patient with altered mental status and shortness of breath. As you enter the room, you see the patient lying in bed with snoring respirations and a non-rebreather at 15 LPM that the first responder has applied. Your immediate action when you reach the patient’s side should be to:

A patient who is lying supine on the floor is vomiting forcefully. Rescuers cannot keep up with the vomiting while suctioning the airway with a rigid catheter. Which beneficial treatment have the rescuers neglected to exercise?

A six-year-old is in respiratory distress and will not keep the non-rebreather mask in place. What should the EMT do in this situation? 

Which of these best explains why we check the breathing rate and volume of a patient with difficulty breathing?