You have responded for a 65-year-old man with chest pain. You note that his blood pressure is 88/62 and his heart rate is 136. Which of the following should you suspect?

Why is emergency contact information so important?

What will be an ideal response?

Your patient has been injured by a fall down a flight of steps. He is alert and oriented but complains of back and neck pain. You spinal immobilize him on a long spine board with a cervical collar on his neck as a precaution because you know that the:

A) cervical spine is the most vulnerable part of the spine. B) coccyx is easily dislocated. C) lumbar area is rarely injured due to the rib support. D) thoracic spine is especially vulnerable to injury.