An elderly patient fell down a flight of basement stairs and is found at the bottom by family members about 20 minutes later. Your assessment reveals that the patient cannot feel painful stimuli to his hips and legs, nor can he move his legs, but he can feel you lightly touching the skin of his legs. Which type of injury may this be?

The EMT understands that when paramedics administer IV fluids as treatment for hemorrhagic shock, the fluids will:

A) stabilize the shock by restoring needed electrolytes. B) enable the lungs to better oxygenate the blood. C) do nothing to get more oxygen to the cells. D) reverse the shock by increasing the blood pressure.

When the right ventricle of the heart fails, a patient will most likely experience:

A) congestion of the lungs and difficulty breathing. B) chest pain. C) swelling of the ankles. D) chills and fever.