When you have a difficult patient on the telephone line, the best approach is to be ________ while remaining in control of the situation.

Which one of the following statements about an automatic transport ventilator (ATV) is true?

A) It can help minimize gastric distention associated with positive pressure ventilation. B) When it is in use, there is no need for a face-to-mask seal. C) It eliminates the need for a head-tilt, chin-lift or jaw-thrust maneuver. D) The EMT has greater ease is determining an increase or decrease in lung compliance.

Your patient has been impaled on a metal fence. The object is through the medial thigh and the patient is still on the fence. You should:

A) contact medical direction regarding tourniquet placement for bleeding control. B) carefully lift the patient off the fence and control hemorrhage and treat for shock. C) cut the fence below the patient and then remove the post while controlling bleeding. D) none of the above