As you enter the living room of an adult patient who called 911 for shortness of breath, you observe the patient sitting upright in a chair with a panicked look on her face, struggling to breathe, with obvious suprasternal retractions. Her breathing rate appears to be fast and her tidal volume poor. You can hear rhonchi from her lungs without the aid of a stethoscope. Once at her side, your initial care should be to:
A) Apply oxygen immediately
B) Auscultate lung sounds
C) Establish her rate of breathing
D) Assess her airway
D) Assess her airway
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A) the patient is in cardiac arrest, but the rhythm causing it cannot be corrected with a shock. B) the AED has malfunctioned and you should proceed with CPR. C) the machine has detected that it would be dangerous to deliver a shock and you must check to make sure no one is in contact with the patient before analyzing again. D) the patient is not in cardiac arrest.
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A. vital capacity B. tidal volume C. expiratory reserve volume D. total lung capacity E. residual volume
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A. metaphysis B. diaphysis C. epiphysis D. acetabulum
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a. The lid is crimped around the rim of the drum b. Cam-operated hooks c. Threads are machined into the drum and lid d. By a ring and tightening hardware