After drying, warming, and suctioning the mouth and nose of an infant following birth, you note that the baby’s respirations are gasping and irregular. You should:

You are assessing a middle-aged man who complains of nausea and a headache. Before you physically move closer to him, it is important to remember that:

A condition in which fatty plaque builds up in arteries, eventually narrowing the lumen and restricting blood flow is called:

A weak femoral pulse in an 8-month-old infant with a 2-day history of vomiting and diarrhea indicates:

When responding to the scene of a mass-casualty incident, you should:

After administering 30 seconds of free-flow oxygen to a newborn with central cyanosis, you note that the cyanosis is not improving. You should:

A 32-year-old male was involved in a motorcycle crash and sustained bilateral femur fractures as he was ejected over the handlebars of his bike. He is experiencing signs and symptoms of shock. On the basis of his injury, what is the approximate volume of blood that he has lost?

A direct relationship between a patient’s injury and the AEMT’s actions or inactions is called:

You arrive at the scene of a motor-vehicle crash in which a 30-year-old male was ejected from his truck. As you approach the patient, who is not moving, you can see that he has gross deformity to both of his femurs and an angulated left humerus. You should first:

Evaluation of the interior of a crashed motor vehicle during extrication will allow the AEMT to: