A dual diagnosis means a patient has a mental illness and which other condition?

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?

An 86-year-old patient is being transported for sudden onset of a rapid, irregular rhythm. Which rhythm is most likely occurring?

You are evaluating an 80-year-old man who presents with cyanosis, wheezing, and diminished breath sounds. He has JVD and low pulse oximetry readings. He has smoked cigarettes for 60 years and has recently had an upper respiratory tract infection. Which condition is likely responsible for this patient’s signs and symptoms?

What are typical causes of behavioral emergencies?

Paramedics are called to the home of a 34-year-old female for a nonspecific abdominal complaint. She informs them that she has had many abdominal surgeries that have not resolved her complaints. Which of the following disorders is a condition in which an individual has complaints (lasting several years) of various physical problems for which no physical cause can be found?

A 70-year-old male presents with a severe aching pain in and above his left eye, fogginess of vision, and a perception of “rainbow rings” around lights at night. Signs and symptoms point to which condition?

Unlike dementia, delirium possesses which characteristic?

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 positioning one’s self with respect to the patient, how should the paramedic handle this situation?