Tingling or burning feeling to the skin is termed:
a. paralysis
b. spondolysis
c. shingles
d. paresthesia
D
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A) "Let's give him some supplemental oxygen." B) "I need to depress his tongue with the tongue blade to see the swelling." C) "Let's suction his airway to remove the secretions." D) "We need to place him on his side to drain secretions and transport immediately!"
A patient with an opiate drug overdose is unconscious and exhibits the following blood gas re-sults breathing room air: pH = 7.19; PCO2 = 89; HCO3– = 27; PO2 = 48. Which of the following best describes this patient's condition?
a. Chronic hypoxemic respiratory failure b. Chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure c. Acute hypoxemic respiratory failure d. Acute hypercapnic respiratory failure
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
A physician is using a pressure support protocol to wean a patient off ventilatory support. The patient is now at a 5 cm H2O pressure level and has a spontaneous respiratory rate of 21/min
Other cardiovascular and respiratory signs indicate that the patient remains stable. Which of the following actions would you recommend at this point? a. Switch the patient to 5 cm H2O continu-ous positive airway pressure (CPAP) through the endotracheal tube. b. Extubate the patient and provide supple-mental O2. c. Switch the patient to intermittent manda-tory ventilation at a rate of 2/min. d. Decrease the pressure support level to 3 cm H2O.