Emergency test results indicate that Mr. Hartman has had an MI due to 90% occlusion of the right coronary artery. The physician has determined that a procedure needs to be performed immediately to open the artery. Which of the following procedures is the physician most likely to order for Mr. Hartman?

The thoracic injury resulting in hemorrhage into lung parenchyma secondary to blunt force trauma or penetration injury is a(n):

A) tracheal/bronchial tear. B) tension pneumothorax. C) pulmonary contusion. D) esophageal disruption.

Which of the following situations does NOT depict a technical rescue?

A) Disentangling a young woman from her badly damaged vehicle B) Moving a 180-pound man from his living room to the ambulance C) Gaining access to an unresponsive man who is trapped in a grain silo D) Retrieving a woman whose car was swept off the road by swift water