Myelinated axons are white
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
TRUE
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Your patient is an 8-year-old boy with a pencil impaled 2 centimeters inferior to the xiphoid process. You note that the pencil is pulsating. Which of the following is the best action?
A) Start an IV and request orders for analgesia and sedation. B) Remove the pencil and apply direct pressure to the wound; transport to a trauma center if the bleeding does not stop with direct pressure. C) Stabilize the pencil in place and transport to a trauma center. D) Stabilize the pencil in place and transport to the nearest medical facility.
SCENARIOUse this scenario to answer the following question(s).You respond to a multiple-casualty incident in which a school bus has gone off the bridge over a highway into the traffic below. You are assigned to triage the children from the bus.One of your triage patients is an 8-year-old girl. She is not breathing, so you open her airway. She is still not breathing, but she does have a pulse. You should:
A. categorize the patient as deceased and move on to the next patient. B. have her jump up and down ("jump start") to get her breath moving. C. send her to the minor injury staging area. D. ventilate five times using an appropriate barrier.
A patient with a severe systemic disease would be classified as an:
a. ASA I b. ASA II c. ASA III d. ASA IV
Strep group B arthritis, left ankle: ________
Select the correct code for each of the diagnoses: