What effect does aging have on respiratory reserve capacity? What effect does this have on the ability of older patients to compensate for chest trauma or acute respiratory disease such as pulmonary embolism, spontaneous pneumothorax, or pneumonia?

A patient has been stabbed in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen. Which organ or structure should the EMT be concerned with being injured?

A) Liver B) Spleen C) Small intestine D) Pancreas

Which is one of the steps of calculating medication problems using ratios and proportions?

a. Add all the values together and subtract the required drug dosage. b. Divide each value by 2 and add the first two values together. c. Multiply extreme values and multiply the means. d. Ratios and proportions are not used to calculate medication problems.