You are assessing a 27-year-old female who is 9 months pregnant with her first child. She has been having contractions for the past 6 hours. As you are about to assist her to your cot, she asks you to wait because she feels the need to use the bathroom first. Which of the following is the BEST course of action?
A) Tell the patient she needs to be transported immediately and using the bathroom will have to wait until she arrives at the hospital.
B) Advise the patient that this could be an indication that the baby is ready to be born and you need to check to see if the baby's head is visible.
C) Allow the patient to use the bathroom as it will make transport, and also delivery, more comfortable.
D) Advise the patient that this could be a sign of a serious complication, have her lie on her left side, apply high-concentration oxygen, and transport immediately.
B
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A) Enhance the time required to train employees. B) Document medication orders. C) Replace quality control measures to reduce medication errors. D) Communicate job responsibilities and scope of authority
You arrive on the scene of an alleged rape. The 25-year-old female has been physically assaulted quite badly and has numerous deep lacerations and fractured extremities. You must remove her clothes for a trauma assessment. What is the best procedure for handling her clothing?
A) You cut her clothes off as you have been taught to in order to expose injuries. You put her clothes in a pile on the floor of the ambulance, like you do with the clothes of all trauma patients. You then drop the clothes off at the ER. The police will pick them up. B) Cut around the injury sites and leave the rest of the clothes on her. C) You understand that you and the victim's clothing are now part of the chain of evidence. You remove her clothes as carefully as possible and, if one is available, place them in a paper bag. You keep the clothes in your sight until the bag is turned over to law enforcement. D) It is not your problem; you are not the police.
Define telepharmacy
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On axial CT images of the neck, the structure immediately posterior to the trachea is the ____________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word