Successful health care delivery today depends more on teams of professionals who can work together well than on the efforts of individual workers

A person calls 9- 1- 1 to report a building collapse. Which phase of the EMS response is being activated?

A) En- route to the receiving facility B) Preparation for an emergency call C) Dispatch D) Clearing medical facility

While monitoring a patient during a T tube weaning trial, you notice the following: increased pa-tient agitation; increased heart rate (from 90 to 118/min);

increased respiratory rate (from 17 to 33/min with some paradoxical motion); and premature ven-tricular contractions (PVCs) increasing to an average of 5/min. Which of the following actions would be appropriate at this time? a. Reconnect the patient to the ventilator with prior settings. b. Encourage the patient to relax, and con-tinue careful monitoring. c. Request that the patient be given a stat (immediate) bolus of lidocaine. d. Request that the patient be given a strong sedative or hypnotic.