How can you lose precious minutes of the Golden period with a trauma patient under the influence?
a. if your interaction style is nonjudgmental
b. if your interaction style is offensive
c. if your interaction style is positive
d. if your interactive style is euphoric
B
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You need to cut off clothing to examine a gunshot wound to the abdomen. You should:
A) log roll the patient with C-collar in place, provide SMR, then cut. B) cut around areas that have signs of possible penetration. C) ask for special permission from the hospital medical direction. D) cut through areas that have signs of possible penetration.
You note a 5-year-old seizing as you approach him. What observation or piece of information would be most alarming?
A) The patient has no history of seizures. B) The patient has a history of leukemia. C) The patient is incontinent of urine and feces. D) The patient has been seizing for 8 minutes.
You should suspect _________ when your patient has hematuria and sharp, colicky pain that radiates to the groin
A) appendicitis B) constipation C) peritonitis D) kidney stones
Which of the following is TRUE regarding a transient ischemic attack?
A) Signs and symptoms are very different from a stroke. B) If it doesn't resolve within two hours, it is a full blown stroke. C) If not promptly treated, a TIA will progress to a stroke. D) A patient who has had a TIA is at high risk for subsequent stroke.