The _________ works to promote the best interests of the patient every single minute
a. perianesthesia team
b. perioperative team
c. scrub person
d. anesthesiologist
ANS: B
For the welfare and safety of the patient, the entire perioperative team must work efficiently as a functioning single unit.
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Your patient is a four-year-old boy with a history of asthma. He ran out of his inhaled bronchodilator while visiting his grandparents' farm. The patient has pale, cool, moist skin with cyanosis of his nail beds. He has audible wheezing with a respiratory rate of 18, accessory muscle use, and a heart rate of 130. He appears fatigued, he is unable to speak more than one or two words at a time, and his head bobs with each breath. Which of the following best describes this patient's respiratory status?
A) Because of decreased respiratory, cardiovascular, and stored energy reserves, the child's muscles have fatigued and he is now in respiratory failure. B) The child is in the early stages of his asthma attack, and is showing signs of respiratory distress. C) The patient is having some respiratory difficulty; however, a nebulizer treatment will likely correct all issues. D) The child's asthma was exacerbated by exercise and he is therefore tired. Rest will ease his respiratory distress.
In a job specification, the KSAs and characteristics are observable only when the person is doing the job. Is this statement true or false?
A) True B) False
When classifying a burn as either superficial, partial thickness, or full thickness, the EMT would need to determine the:
A) Percentage of body burned B) Time of heat exposure C) Agent causing the burn D) Depth of the burn
Appearance changes in cerebral spinal fluid could be caused by any of these EXCEPT ________
A) high fever B) bacteria C) hemorrhage D) meningitis