Why would you not position the patient experiencing a CVA in the Trendelenburg position?
What will be an ideal response?
This position would increase the intracranial pressure and increase the damage.
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The majority of home health care patients fall into which demographic category?
A) Males age 55+ B) Females between ages 70 and 82 C) Females age 65+ D) Males between ages 75 and 85
A 59-year-old male has suffered a severe laceration from a circular saw while cutting wood in his garage. Upon your arrival, you find the patient sitting on the floor in a pool of blood. He is extremely pale. Based on your knowledge of pathophysiology, you would expect his body to try to compensate for the blood loss in all of the following ways, except:
A) increased pulse. B) constricted pupils. C) sweaty skin. D) increased respirations.
Successful application of incentive spirometry depends on:
a. the use of a true volume-oriented incentive spirometry system. b. the type of surgery previously performed. c. the effectiveness of patient teaching. d. setting an easily achieved initial goal.
Which of the following are associated with a decreased end-tidal PCO2? 1. Decreased metabolic rate 2. Increase in lung perfusion 3. Rapid and very shallow breathing 4. Decreased CO2 production
a. 1 and 3 only b. 1, 2, and 3 only c. 2 and 4 only d. 1, 3, and 4 only