Title: Describe the assessment and management of patients with shock, respiratory failure or arrest, and cardiac arrest.
Course: Emergency Medical Responder (14055-IV) > Section: Managing Traumatic Injuries

Description should be based on assessment findings and should include

- identification of the signs and symptoms of shock, respiratory failure, and cardiac arrest
- recognition of the appropriate management techniques for each
- considerations related to withholding resuscitation efforts (e.g., do-not-resuscitate [DNR] orders).

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is shock?
- What are the signs and symptoms of shock, of respiratory failure, and of cardiac arrest?
- What are the appropriate management techniques for shock, for respiratory failure, and for cardiac arrest?