Your patient is breathing 4 shallow breaths per minute due to overdosing on his pain medication but he has a palpable radial pulse. He vomited prior to your arrival and is choking. You should:
A) roll him over onto his side to clear the airway. B) perform chest thrusts to clear the lungs.
C) move the patient to the ambulance and suction. D) insert an oropharyngeal airway and ventilate.
A
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You are returning to quarters after transporting a patient to the hospital in the middle of the night. Your partner is driving and you are completing your patient care report
You look up just in time to see your partner run off the road, over correct, then drive into oncoming traffic before returning safely to your lane. What is the MOST likely cause of this near-miss? A) A problem with the steering mechanism B) Your partner was trying to scare you C) Fatigue brought on by shift work D) An animal ran into the driving lane
What does the term diathermy refer to?
A. Heat treatments B. Cold treatments C. Hypothermia D. Aquamatic
Evaluate the combinations of compliance and resistance and select the combination that will cause the lungs to fill fastest
a. Cs = 0.1 L/cm H2O Raw = 1 cm H2O/(L/sec) b. Cs = 0.1 L/cm H2O Raw = 10 cm H2O/(L/sec) c. Cs = 0.03 L/cm H2O Raw = 1 cm H2O/(L/sec) d. Cs = 0.03 L/cm H2O Raw = 10 cm H2O/(L/sec)
The proper format for entering the patient's date of birth is MMDDYY.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)