In the Jump-START method of triage, children under the age of 8 will be triaged to find out which

Your patient had a major laceration of the brachial artery. After you controlled the bleeding, the patient wanted to refuse transport; however, when the patient stood up, the systolic blood pressure dropped by 30 mmHg. Which of the following BEST explains this situation?

You have an anxious trauma patient with pale, cool, clammy skin and a stable blood pressure of 120/80. His pulse and respirations are rapid. Which of the following BEST classifies this patient?

You have a patient in neurogenic shock with a heart rate of 64 and a blood pressure of 70/40. After attempting a fluid challenge, which of the following would be indicated to increase the patient’s blood pressure?

At the scene where your victim is found to have an ax buried into the chest, your partner notes that the patient has gone into cardiac arrest. The ax is securely fixed into the sternum. You both decide for treatment to continue, you must:

After defibrillating a cold water drowning patient at 360J, the paramedic notes that the patient is still in V-Fib and has no change in condition. The paramedic’s treatment plan continuing on should be _______.

Checking the pregnant trauma patient to see how much fluid is required can be a challenge because if she is in her first trimester she will most likely have a:

You have an unresponsive snoring patient with an angulated right lower leg, an abdominal evisceration, and a third-degree burn to the right arm. Which of the following should you do first?

During assessment of a trauma patient, you observe a stab wound just left of the sternum in the fourth intercostal space. The wound is not bubbling, lung sounds are clear and equal, neck veins are distended, and the trachea is midline. Which of the following interventions would be the MOST critical for this patient?

Which of the following patients will require the MOST aggressive fluid volume administration for a geriatric patient experiencing hypotension?