EMT STATE EXAM STUDY GUIDE | 208 Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Verified | 31 Pages

You are the first EMS Provider to arrive on the scene of a head-on automobile accident where you find the following: Patient #1 appears to be intoxicated has pain in his right shoulder, and is belligerent toward the rescuers Patient #2 also appears to be intoxicated and is very slow in responding to questions. He has burns on his lower legs and feet from the car heater and complains 0f a pain in his back Patient #3 has an open wound to the brain, which is not bleeding, He has no pulse or respiration, and his chest pinned between the steering wheel and the seat Patient #4 has a laceration across the abdomen that is bleeding profusely, and a portion of the colon is protruding Which patient should be treated and transported FIRST? - Patient #4 A 25-year-old woman is in active labor. The umbilical cord is presenting through the vagina. You would: - Place the mother in a supine position with the hips elevated, administer oxygen, and transport A 28-year-old patient presents supine on the floor, unconscious, unresponsive, and with snoring respirations at a rate of 6 per minute. Bystanders report that the patient is diabetic, takes no medications, and may have ingested heroin half an hour prior to the EMS Providers arrival. After opening the patients airway, the EMS provider should: - Insert an airway adjunct and ventilate with 100% oxygen using a bag-valve-mask