Your patient is a young man who was the unrestrained driver of a car that struck a telephone pole. He is unconscious, has no external bleeding, and is breathing erratically. His blood pressure is 76/50, pulse rate present only at his carotid is 130 and weak. What stage of shock is the patient in?

Multiple EMS agencies are involved in a WMD incident involving hundreds of patients. Which item regarding the different protocols and medical direction used by those different agencies is best?

A) EMTs should automatically be able to administer any medication that a paramedic can administer. B) Most protocols involving on-line medical direction should convert to standing orders. C) On-line medical direction should be used for any and all treatment by EMS. D) All on-line medical direction should be suspended.

Identify the sinusoidal (or sine) waveform in the figure below

a. Figure A b. Figure B c. Figure C d. Figure D