For the head injury patient without signs of herniation, adjust ventilation rates to maintain a capnography reading of between:
A) 15 and 20 mmHg.
B) 25 and 30 mmHg.
C) 45 and 50 mmHg.
D) 35 and 40 mmHg.
D
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________ A medical assistant should have a patient who is in pain show him or her where pain is located
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Your patient is a 16-year-old male who was ejected from an all-terrain vehicle and struck his head on a large rock. He was not wearing a helmet. He is unresponsive with shallow, irregular respirations; a blood pressure of 170/110 mmHg; and a heart rate of 50 beats per minute. Which of the following interventions would be MOST appropriate?
A) Insert an oropharyngeal airway (OPA) and ventilate via bag-valve mask (BVM) at 30 breaths per minute. B) Insert an oropharyngeal airway and give oxygen by nonrebreather mask at 10 lpm. C) Insert an oropharyngeal airway and ventilate via bag-valve mask at 20 breaths per minute. D) Insert a nasopharyngeal airway and give oxygen by nonrebreather mask (NRB) at 15 lpm.
The EMT shows that he recognizes the benefit of using the Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale or Los Angeles Prehospital Stroke Screen when he makes which of these statements?
A) "The screening allows the EMT to identify the patient at risk for stroke." B) "The screening allows the EMT to differentiate the type of stroke a patient is having." C) "The screen is very predictive in determining whether the patient will die from stroke." D) "The screening helps to identify stroke, even when it is not the patient's chief complaint."
An encounter is defined as a
A. face-to-face meeting between a provider and a patient. B. meeting between a clinician and a patient. C. phone call between a provider and family of the patient. D. face-to-face meeting between an administrator and a patient.