You arrive on scene and find Emergency Medical Responders with a seizing patient. What question should the EMT ask first?
A) "How long has the patient been seizing?"
B) "What are the patient's vital signs?"
C) "Did the patient lose control of his bladder?"
D) "Do you know what medications the patient is taking?"
A
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You have just arrived on the scene of a very serious motor-vehicle collision. EMRs have rapidly extricated an unresponsive female from the driver's seat. The EMRs report that she was unrestrained and struck the steering wheel with her chest and abdomen. As you start the primary assessment, you note that she has snoring respirations and is breathing shallowly at a rate of 24 breaths per minute
Which one of the following should you do next? A) Obtain her vital signs. B) Start positive pressure ventilation. C) Immobilize her to the backboard. D) Perform a jaw-thrust maneuver.