This is the label used to describe a patient who experiences injury or death after EMS places them in a physical position that interferes with one’s airway or with ventilation.

If an EMS practitioner is providing care to a patient based on established protocols that were in place before the call, then they are most likely using what type of medical direction or oversight?

Paramedic Smith came to work feeling very tired and decided to nap before doing his equipment and vehicle checklist. After about 45 minutes the tones went off, and Smith and his EMT-B partner, Jones, were dispatched for a seizure. The patient was still actively seizing when they arrived at the scene. Smith discovered that the previous shift had used all the Valium and failed to replace it. As a result, Smith could administer no medication to stop the seizure. Ultimately, the patient stopped seizing and suffered no apparent adverse consequences. Which element needed to establish negligence is missing in this case based off this brief review?

A civil wrong committed by one individual against another is a:

A patient reports sudden onset of pain, warmth, and swelling in only one joint, the right knee,  but denies a fever. The patient notes no decrease in pain when the joint is at rest. Which is the most common pathogen for this septic arthritis presentation?

Which medication is first-line for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women?

Which of the following is not a common comorbidity associated with obesity?

Which of the following is the most appropriate first-line anti-seizure medication for a patient with newly diagnosed focal epilepsy and no significant comorbidities?

Which of the following symptoms is most characteristic of temporal arteritis?

Disease modulating therapy (DMT) drugs for multiple sclerosis (MS) are started during what course of the disease progression?