While ventilating the patient en route to the hospital, the paramedic administers vecuronium and observes the following vital signs: HR 150, BP 150/92, Resp. manually ventilated at 12 times/minute, EtCO2 42 mmHg. These findings indicate:

Rescuers are transferring a 52-year-old with a mild pneumothorax to a larger hospital for further treatment. During transport the patient becomes unresponsive to painful stimuli and cyanosis is observed. Rescuers rub her sternum with their knuckles. What are the rescuers assessing? 

Paramedics are providing care to an elderly patient complaining of difficulty in breathing. The patient has a past medical history of COPD, tobacco use, and hypertension. The patient is conscious and alert. The paramedics have started administration of CPAP. Which of the following signs would indicate that the current choice of treatment is not working? (Select three correct answers).

Paramedics are transporting a patient with a penetrating wound to their left upper chest with difficulty breathing. The patient begins experiencing severe dyspnea and pulsus paradoxus. Which description best explains these findings?

After completing the initial assessment, paramedics note the following vital sign observations: HR 140, BP 148/86, Resp. 26, SpO2 93%, and GCS 13. Paramedics decide to perform a medication-assisted airway management procedure based on which criteria:

Paramedics are called to the scene of a 27-year-old trauma patient who is supine, unresponsive to verbal stimuli, and having agonal breathing. The patient has blood coming from the mouth secondary to a lacerated tongue and is currently pinned under the car from the legs down. Assessment reveals the patient has an intact gag reflex. Which of the following would be the best initial action for this patient?

Paramedics are assessing an unresponsive 32-year-old who has a history of asthma. The patient takes a steroid daily to help prevent asthma attacks and a bronchodilator for acute care of asthma. The patient is breathing deeply at 26 times per minute with a pulse of 100 and bilateral expiratory wheezing. Which of the following treatments would be of most benefit to this patient at this time?

Paramedics are called to the scene of a patient with a decreased level of consciousness, snoring respirations, and an intact gag reflex. After a head-tilt chin-lift, which of the following would be the best device to maintain the open airway? 

Paramedics are providing care to an adult patient with congestive heart failure who is complaining of respiratory distress. If the paramedics misdiagnose the patient as having pneumonia and begin standard treatment, which of the following would be the most detrimental result of the incorrect field impression?

A Paramedic is assessing a patient with chemical burns to the airway. The patient has high-pitched inspiratory sounds. These would be characterized as which of the following?