A 72-year-old woman has a laceration on her hand as a result of breaking a glass while washing dishes. The laceration seems relatively minor, but it continues to bleed. Which one of the following questions should give you information about why the bleeding is continuing?
A) Have you had a fever?
B) Have you been depressed lately?
C) Do you regularly take aspirin?
D) Do you know what day it is?
C
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A) Blood pressure B) Bleeding C) Coughing D) Childbirth
A gray-white colony displaying subtle beta-hemolysis is isolated from a cerebrospinal fluid. The organism is a gram-positive rod that is catalase positive, motile at room temperature, and esculin positive
Which patient history is most likely associated with this culture? A) 45-year-old female weaver B) 2-day-old infant male delivered at 32 weeks gestation C) 58-year-old cattle farmer D) 33-year-old female with recent dental surgery
You are caring for a newly born infant delivered approximately 8 minutes ago. The infant had a 1-minute APGAR score of 6, which improved to 7 at 5 minutes. Despite drying, warming, suctioning, and stimulating the infant, you note he continues to have central cyanosis. His heart rate is 132, and his ventilations are 50. Select the next action in the patient care sequence.
A) Administer "blow-by" oxygen. B) Begin chest compressions. C) Administer 0.01 mg/kg of epinephrine subcutaneously. D) Assist ventilations with a bag-valve-mask device.