You are interviewing the family of a seizure patient. Which of the following answers to your questions should give you the greatest concern?

After a vacuum splint has been applied to the patient’s arm, he complains that his hand is becoming numb. What response would be MOST appropriate given this statement?

While attending a staff meeting, the operations manager brings up the subject on how can the EMS service interact more with the new local Senior Independent Living Center. He believes that some activity would encourage more business from this population. One suggestion that you could make is to offer:

Complex extrication will most likely occur for which incident?

You arrive on scene of an unresponsive female who is barely breathing. Witnesses state she just stopped seizing before you arrived. Which information will be MOST useful to the providers if available?

What role should you play to aid home healthcare providers in preparing a patient for transport who is in need of a change of clothes due to incontinence?

While doing medical stand-by coverage at a raceway, you come upon a male patient with a large cut across his face. The bleeding is controlled with basic first aid bandages. A nurse on scene suggests looking at it to see if it needs stitches. What should you do if the wound is covered?

At an open house at a city fire station, a visitor asks why the fire department goes whenever an ambulance is called for. The best response to the visitor would be:

You are called to a private home for a baby that is unresponsive. The 6-month-old infant was found by the mother who reports, “She went to wake the baby up from her nap at the usual time”. The child is breathing but unresponsive. What is your MOST important action in this case?

You are providing ventilations with a pocket mask. The mask has no oxygen inlet valve. Which of the following would be the BEST way to increase the oxygen amount delivered to the patient?