Author Question: Which one of the following unresponsive patients would the EMT recognize as in cardiac arrest? A) ... (Read 61 times)

Jkov05 · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

Which one of the following unresponsive patients would the EMT recognize as in cardiac arrest?

A) Female who has an occasional gasp for a breath but no palpable carotid pulse
B) Male patient with a heart rate of 16 beats per minute and agonal respirations
C) Female who is not breathing and has a heart rate of 24 beats per minute
D) Male with an absent radial pulse but breathing 20 times a minute

Question 2

In which of the following conditions should you suspect pulmonary shunting?

A) A foreign body in the right mainstem bronchus
B) Pneumonia
C) Pulmonary embolism
D) All of the above