Your neighbor burned herself with a hot cookie sheet as she removed it from the oven. She has two blisters surrounded by an area of reddened skin and complains that the burn is very painful. This burn is most likely a _____ burn
A) superficial
B) full-thickness
C) partial-thickness
D) contact
C
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A patient with a pulse rate of 120 beats per minute is considered which of the following?
A) Tachycardic B) Bradycardic C) Normocardic D) Dyscardic
During the primary assessment, your patient groans and tries to turn away when you apply a sternal rub. Otherwise, there is no other response. The patient's mental status can best be described as:
A) alert. B) responds to painful stimulus. C) responds to verbal stimulus. D) unresponsive.
The pressure-time scalar of a patient with COPD who is receiving PSV shows positive deflection toward the end of inspiration. The most appropriate way to alleviate this is to do which of the following?
a. Increase the PSV level. b. Decrease the PSV level. c. Increase the flow cycle percentage. d. Decrease the flow cycle percentage.
A sign or symptom that causes a patient or bystander to request medical help is known as the:
A) primary problem. B) present illness. C) chief complaint. D) associated symptom.