Author Question: The ambulance is called for an assaulted patient. While transporting the patient to the hospital, ... (Read 121 times)

drink · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

The ambulance is called for an assaulted patient. While transporting the patient to the hospital, the EMT notes the patient's jugular veins are flat (nondistended). Which of these is most likely the cause of this finding?

A) Closed head injury
B) High blood pressure
C) Blood collecting around the heart in the pericardial sac
D) Blood loss

Question 2

A 24-year-old male is struggling to remain afloat in a lake, approximately 10 feet from the shore. The best way to help this patient is to:

A) wade out toward him and encourage him to swim to you.
B) swim out to him with a flotation device.
C) throw him two plastic milk bottles, tied to a rope.
D) yell questions at him from the shore, to collect a medical history.