You are responding to a 6-year-old child with a fever and difficulty breathing. His mother reports that he was playing normally this morning but when he came in for lunch he had spiked a fever. Now, he is sitting up with his mouth open, drooling. Which of the following signs would point to epiglottitis?
A) Some hoarseness B) Loud seal bark cough
C) Low grade fever D) Painful swallowing
Question 2
Sending multiple levels of emergency care personnel to the same incident is called a:
A) mass casualty incident.
B) helicopter EMS.
C) tiered response.
D) chain of survival.