You are transporting a patient in cardiac arrest. The AED is being used and a shock has been advised. Prior to administering the shock, what should you do?
A) Ensure that no rescuer is touching the stretcher
B) Move the patient from the metal stretcher to a nonmetal surface
C) Withhold all shocks because metal will conduct the shock into the ambulance
D) Stop the ambulance and have all rescuers exit prior to shocking the patient with the AED
D) Stop the ambulance and have all rescuers exit prior to shocking the patient with the AED
You might also like to view...
The office manager is responsible for all of the following tasks except:
A) monitoring physician salaries. B) preparing financial reports and payroll, and tracking office finances. C) overseeing medical supply inventory and equipment maintenance. D) supervising employees, scheduling, hiring employees, and terminating employees.
You respond to a nursing home for an ill patient. Upon your arrival, the staff tells you that over the past few days the patient's urine output has been steadily declining. Today, the patient has voided only approximately 400 mL. You suspect:
A) chronic renal failure. B) acute renal failure. C) renal calculi. D) pyelonephritis.
What plasma protein is important for normal wound healing and stabilization of the fibrin clot?
a. Tissue factor b. Prothrombin c. Factor Xa d. Factor XIIIa
The use of an alcohol-based hand rub for hand hygiene is appropriate:
A. after a patient sneezes, spraying your ungloved hands. B. when there is no visible soilage on your hands. C. after accidental direct contact with blood or body fluids. D. whenever your hands look and feel dirty.