You arrive at a MCI. You see a non-ambulatory child who has been evaluated using the JumpSTART algorithm with a yellow tag. What does this represent?
A) Provide immediate attention to this patient
B) Move on and look at other patients, this patient does not have a significant external injury
C) The patient is dead
D) Delayed response, check to see if there are significant external signs of injury
Question 2
Your patient is a 32-year-old female, 30 weeks' pregnant, complaining of shortness of breath and palpitations. She is alert and oriented, though anxious; her skin is cool and moist, and her radial pulse is weak and rapid, but regular. HR = 180, BP = 100/72, RR = 24. The monitor shows supraventricular tachycardia. After applying oxygen by nonrebreather and starting an IV of normal saline, which of the following is most appropriate?
A) 150 mg of amiodarone
B) Transport without further intervention
C) 6 mg of adenosine
D) 2 mg of Versed and cardioversion beginning at 50 joules
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