How can you provide emotional and physical support to Mrs. Hicks during her terminal illness?
What will be an ideal response?
You can make frequent contact with her, be with her more often as death approaches, keep her comfortable and clean, help her meet her basic physical needs, continue to measure her vital signs, and keep her room quiet and well lit.
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A) White B) Warm C) Red D) Pink
The payment system used by Medicare is the ________.
A. Resource-based relative value scale B. Diagnosis relative scale C. Relative value scale D. National relative value limit
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A localized terrorist attack involves pepper spray being released at a high school dance. As you respond, the incident commander reports approximately 50 people have been exposed and are calling for the county disaster plan to be implemented. Given the nature of the weapon, which one of the following should you anticipate doing on scene?
A) Irrigating eyes with saline B) Administering an aerosolized antidote C) Providing positive pressure ventilation D) Decontaminating patients with diluted bleach