Many patients of today's health care graduates will be ____________________, the fastest growing segment of the population

Which of the following BEST describes an evisceration?

A) Epidermis that is scraped away by a rough surface B) Flap of skin that is partially or completely torn away from the underlying tissue C) Accumulation of blood beneath the skin, resulting in swelling D) Open wound of the abdomen from which organs protrude

You respond to a local swim park for a 29-year-old male who was stung by a bee and "passed out." Upon arrival, you find the patient unresponsive to all stimuli with agonal respirations at 6 per minute. You insert an oral airway and administer oxygen at 15 liters per minute by bag-valve mask. You notice that it is difficult to bag the patient. Your partner listens to lung sounds and states they

are very diminished in the upper fields and absent in the lower fields. What is the best action? A) Hyperventilate the patient. B) Request orders from medical control for an emergency cricothyroidotomy. C) Request an ALS unit. D) Request orders from medical control to administer epinephrine.