You are caring for a woman who was the victim of a drive-by shooting while in her apartment. There is a lot of clutter on the apartment floor, along with pools of blood. Which of the following is the BEST approach to this scene?
A) Carefully enter the scene while avoiding stepping in blood.
B) Ask law enforcement officers to bring the patient out to you.
C) Enter the scene quickly, but wipe any blood off your shoes before you leave.
D) Wipe away blood near the patient so you don't step in it.
A
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A) Tilt the backboard to the left to allow the ear to drain freely B) Place a folded piece of gauze in the ear canal to stop the drainage C) Suction the blood from the ear so you can determine the source of bleeding D) Place a piece of sterile gauze over the ear to catch the fluid
A patient with a small number of spherocytes, increased reticulocytes, and increased MCHC has a normal osmotic fragility. Select the best course of action
a. Dismiss the spherocytes as an artifact. b. Repeat the osmotic fragility after incubating the blood at 37° C for 24 hours. c. Check the cell counter for errors in the MCHC. d. Collect a new blood sample.
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When assessing a patient's conjunctivae, you note they are injected. This means that the conjunctivae are:
A) red. B) pale. C) yellow. D) cyanotic.