Submitted Assignment from the year 2016 in the subject Medicine - Public Health, grade: 1, Egerton University, language: English, abstract: This is a paramedic course's assignment that answers the following questions: (1) Risks associated with treating a hypotensive patient with a penetrating chest wound using crystalloid fluids and alternative treatments available in pre-hospital setting. (2) Discussion of the application in civilian pre-hospital care of Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (F.A.S.T.). (3) Treatments available in the prehospital setting for envenomation (poisoning from animal venom) (4) Discussion of the recognition of major injuries in elder trauma patients.