Which of the following is a sign of a tension pneumothorax?
A) There is hypertension and the associated change in breathing pattern.
B) The trachea deviates away from the injured side of the thorax.
C) Jugular veins in the neck are flat and nondistended.
D) There is hyperresonance to percussion on the affected side.
D
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A) The statement is not correct, but the reason is correct. B) The statement is correct, but the reason is not. C) Both the statement and reason are correct but not related. D) Neither the statement nor the reason is correct. E) Both the statement and reason are correct and related.
Your patient is the? 23-year-old female victim of an attempted abduction at knifepoint. The assailant was interrupted and drew his knife across the? victim's throat as he fled the scene. A first responder on the scene immediately applied direct pressure to the neck wound. Your assessment reveals a very agitated young woman with ongoing blood loss despite direct pressure to the wound. There appears to be both? bright-red bleeding and slower but steady? dark-red bleeding. It appears that the trachea has not been penetrated but that there is a hematoma around the laceration. Which of the following is the most appropriate sequence of intervention for this? patient?
A) Apply a pressure dressing to the wound, accompanied by pressure-point compression.
B) Use rapid sequence intubation of the patient to protect the trachea from the expanding hematoma while maintaining direct pressure on the wound.
C) Apply an occlusive dressing to the wound, and continue direct pressure.
D) Apply direct pressure, and request an order from medical control to decompress the hematoma.
You are the practice manager for a physician office. The physicians use tablet computers to document in the EHR while treating patients. Basic laboratory tests are performed and processed on-site. The lab reports are printed and scanned into the EHR. What type of record is being maintained??
A) Traditional paper record B) Hybrid health record C) Complete EHR
Which of the following seventh characters is used to show that the patient was seen to check for healing of a fracture?
A. K B. D C. A D. G