Good hygiene practices are the best way to avoid contracting or spreading MRSA infection.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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Your patient is an 11-year-old male who has a swollen, painful, and angulated right lower arm after falling from his bicycle onto his hands. Which of the following should be considered in the immobilization of his injured extremity?
A) Check pulse, movement, and sensation distal to the injury before and after splinting. B) Use an upper extremity traction splint. C) Do not attempt to realign the extremity before splinting. D) Immobilize from the shoulder to the wrist.
Which of the following is another common term for encounter forms?
A. routing slips B. charge slips C. superbills D. all of these are correct
You and your partner are treating a 66-year-old man who experienced a sudden onset of respiratory distress. He is conscious but is unable to follow simple verbal commands. Further assessment reveals that his breathing is severely labored and his oxygen saturation is 80%. You should:
A. attempt to insert an oropharyngeal airway. B. assist his ventilations with a bag-mask device. C. apply a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device and monitor his breathing. D. apply high-flow oxygen via nonrebreathing mask.
How does the use of a pressure point control bleeding?
a. clotting factors are held in place b. a nerve is tricked into constricting an artery c. a fluid dam is created in the soft tissue d. a major blood vessel is compressed against a bone