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.)

Use the following to answer the next two questions:Paramedics are called to the home of a 44-year-old male who is threatening suicide. Local law enforcement personnel are already on the scene when you arrive, and EMS finds the patient sitting on the hood of his car in the garage. During your interview of this patient, you should:

Paramedics are preparing to deliver a baby who is 34 weeks’ gestation. What should the paramedic prepare for in this case?

Which is an antepartum risk factor that may affect the need for neonatal resuscitation?

To increase cardiac output, what do children increase?

Use the following information to answer the next question:Paramedics have just delivered a newborn at 38 weeks of gestational age. Paramedics discover a scaphoid abdomen and unusual sounds in the left lower chest. The neonate is exhibiting mild respiratory distress.Definitive care for this patient should include which management technique? (Refer to the previously described scenario.)

What is the cause of SIDS?

How has the Emergency Medical Services for Children program aided EMS providers?

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?