You respond to a motor vehicle collision in which a 22-year-old woman has suffered several cuts. You determine that the airway is patent and the patient is breathing adequately. The patient's blood pressure is maintaining at a stable level, and you estimate that she has lost approximately 10 percent of her circulating blood volume. She is alert and oriented but seems nervous. From these findings,
you would determine that your patient is in ________ hemorrhage.
A) Class I
B) Class II
C) Class III
D) Class IV
A
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According to a recent ?Bloomberg study on health care efficiency, the United States spends an average of ____________ per capita on health care?
A) $1,409.00 B) $2,490.00 C) $6,808.00 D) $8,608.00
Describe how a patient might feel if you are dressed for work in ripped jeans and have dirty fingernails, oily hair, bad breath, and body odor
What will be an ideal response?
A 29-year-old male experienced multiple fire-ant bites to his lower extremities. He is conscious and alert, and denies respiratory distress. His skin is warm, dry, and without urticaria and his breath sounds are clear and equal bilaterally. Appropriate management for this patient includes:
A. assisting the patient with an epinephrine auto-injector if he has one. B. administering prophylactic epinephrine in a dose of 0.3 to 0.5 mg IM. C. applying ice to the bites and observing for signs of an allergic reaction. D. administering 100% oxygen via nonrebreathing mask and starting an IV.
Which types of medical waste is NOT always hazardous?
A. Solid B. Chemical C. Radioactive D. Infectious