You are by the side of a young male patient who hit his head after diving from a hillside into a shallow lake. The patient is unresponsive and has a large hematoma to his chin. A paramedic asks you to apply painful stimuli to his arms and legs. You recognize that the paramedic wants you to assess for which one of the following?

Within two minutes of going into cardiac arrest, an AED is applied, the patient is shocked, and a pulse is restored. The EMT should recognize that the heart was in:

A) ventricular fibrillation and now is in cardiac arrest. B) asystole and now is in an organized rhythm. C) ventricular fibrillation and now is in an organized rhythm. D) ventricular fibrillation and now is in asystole.

A mechanical stress that occurs when two parallel forces press into a structure from opposite directions

What will be an ideal response?