You are first on the scene of a 61-year-old female in need of assistance with her respirations. You have a pocket mask with supplemental oxygen. How can you determine that your artificial ventilation is effective?
A) Patient's pulse returns to normal.
B) Patient's skin color remains the same.
C) You are assisting respirations at 10 breaths per minute.
D) You assure oxygen is being delivered at 15 liters per minute.
Question 2
A young male golfer has been struck in the right eye with a golf club. The upper and lower lids are swollen shut and ecchymotic. There are also blood clots between the two eyelids. Which of the following indicates that the EMT is providing proper care to this patient?
A) He gently opens the lids to assess for injury to the eye.
B) He places a numbing medication in the eye.
C) He irrigates blood from the eye with sterile saline solution.
D) He wipes blood from the face but not the eye.
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Measuring Respirations
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