A patient has just arrived in the postanesthesia care unit after a below-the-knee amputation. What assessment takes priority?
a. Surgical dressing
b. Level of pain
c. Pulse and blood pressure
d. Airway
D
Airway is always the priority. The other assessments are important too, but airway takes prece-dence.
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A descriptive index from a population is called a statistic
A) True B) False
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