Your patient is a 19-year-old man who was thrown from a horse while riding in a rodeo. After throwing the patient off, the horse stepped on the patient's abdomen. When you reach the patient, you note that his face, neck, and shoulders are pale, cool, and diaphoretic but that the patient's skin is otherwise warm and dry. The patient has some movement and sensation in his forearms and hands but
otherwise no movement or sensation below the shoulders. He is anxious and has a respiratory rate of 24, a heart rate of 68, and a blood pressure of 106/66. Which of the following should be the primary concern when determining this patient's transport priority?
A) The potential for neurologic shock, requiring immediate surgery
B) The potential for intraabdominal hemorrhage that may be masked by loss of nervous function
C) The potential for traumatic brain injury
D) The potential for respiratory failure secondary to paralysis of the diaphragm
B
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A. hemorrhage C. hyperthermia B. postanesthesia D. paralysis
Which of the following screens should a user access to create a new template?
A. Practice View screen B. OV screen C. Encounter screen D. View Template screen
A patient enters the emergency department with a suspected fracture to the mid humeral shaft. What protocol should the technologist use to approach imaging the patient?
two projections: one with the arm in external rotation and one with the arm in internal rotation single AP projection with the arm in external rotation single AP projection and a single transthoracic projection single AP projection in neutral position, a transthoracic lateral, and a distal lateromedial projection
Prolonged use of which type of drugs may result in a cushingoid state, with symptoms such as moon face, hirsutism, and buffalo hump?
A) NSAIDs B) muscle relaxants C) DMARDs D) corticosteroids