Your patient is a 45-year-old type 2 diabetic man who has a non-healing wound on his right foot. You note that the right leg is discolored and edematous and has subcutaneous emphysema and a foul odor. Which of the following should you suspect?

You are moving a critically injured patient to a helicopter for rapid transport to a trauma center. The rotors are spinning so that the aircraft can immediately take off. As team leader, what instruction would you provide?

A) "Let's get many people around the backboard so we can safely load him into the aircraft." B) "I need someone to hold the IV bag in the air while we load so he continues to get IV fluids." C) "Will someone please lay the O2 tank on the patient's legs so he continues to get oxygen as we load?" D) "Will someone please securely cover the patient's eyes so that they are not struck with flying dirt?"

Which of the following guidelines applies to suctioning the newborn's airway with an endotracheal tube to remove particulate meconium?

A) Use a meconium aspirator, and use no more than 100 mmHg of vacuum. B) Use a meconium aspirator, and use no more than 100 cm H20 of vacuum. C) Use battery-operated portable suction only, and use no more than 100 cm H20 of vacuum. D) Use portable or wall-mounted suction, and use no more than 300 mmHg of vacuum.