You have arrived on scene to find a 32-year-old male patient complaining of rapid breathing, light-headedness, tachycardia, and numbness and tingling to his lips and hands. Family on scene reports that he received bad advice from his attorney about a pending divorce when the symptoms started. The patient denies chest pain as well as any other past medical history. His pulse is 124, respirations
are 52, and his blood pressure is 158/68 mmHg. What is your first course of action in treating this patient?
A) Apply a nonrebreather face mask with 8–10 liters of oxygen.
B) Monitor for spasms of the hand muscles and administer nitroglycerin.
C) Instruct the patient to close his mouth and breathe through his nose.
D) Have the patient breathe into a paper bag for approximately 5 minutes.
C
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Which of these statements made by an EMT indicates an accurate understanding of inhalation poisonings?
A) "The onset of signs and symptoms associated with an inhalation poisoning are often rapid." B) "Inhalation poisons affect the lungs, but they do not circulate throughout the body." C) "It is probably safe to enter the scene of an inhalation emergency if I do not smell anything." D) "Most inhalation poisonings are easily identified by residue or burns around the patient's mouth."