Find the mean of the set of numbers: 24, 10, 30, 25, 21
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: 22
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After a 911 call hang-up, you are dispatched to the caller's residence. When you enter the room with a police escort, you find an unresponsive female patient with a bag over her head. A person in the neighboring apartment tells you that the patient has depression and warned that "there is going to be a death today." Your immediate action would be to:
A) Remove the bag and assess for airway occlusion B) Leave the room until it is cleared by the fire department C) Move the patient out to the ambulance before initiating care D) Provide manual spine motion restriction precautions
Who is responsible for documenting the final counts at the end of the case as correct or incorrect?
a. Scrub person b. Surgeon c. Anesthesiologist d. Circulating nurse
A 56-year-old man complains of chest tightness, shortness of breath, and nausea. During your assessment, you note that he appears confused. He is profusely diaphoretic and has a blood pressure of 98/68 mm Hg and a rapid radial pulse. The cardiac monitor reveals a wide QRS complex tachycardia at a rate of 200 beats/min. After administering high-flow oxygen, you should:
A) attempt to slow his heart rate with vagal maneuvers and then start an IV line. B) establish IV access, consider sedation, and perform synchronized cardioversion. C) establish vascular access and administer 150 mg of amiodarone over 10 minutes. D) obtain a 12-lead ECG tracing to determine the origin of his tachycardic rhythm.
You and your partner are standing by at the scene of a structural fire when two firefighters carry a patient to you that they rescued from one of the rooms inside the house. The patient is not moving and has no obvious burns. You should:
A. apply 100% oxygen via a nonrebreathing mask and apply the pulse oximeter. B. determine if the patient's airway is patent and then assess ventilatory effort. C. insert an advanced airway device and begin positive-pressure ventilation. D. rapidly assess the patient for gross external bleeding and apply 100% oxygen.