Assessment of the heart's ____________________ activity forms a basis for cardiac physical assessment.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
electrical
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Which of the following is located outside of the chest cavity?
A. Trachea B. Alveoli C. Left main bronchus D. Pharynx
You are assigned to care for Mr. Wills, an 87-year-old alert resident who uses a wheelchair for mobility. He transfers with minimal assistance from one nursing assistant. When you enter Mr. Wills's room to provide morning care, he is sitting in his wheelchair. He tells you that he is ready to have a bowel movement. You should:
A. apply the principles of standard precautions when assisting with this procedure. B. give Mr. Wills the urinal. C. apply gloves immediately, then take Mr. Wills to the bathroom. D. pull the privacy curtain and give Mr. Wills the bedpan.
List and describe two traditional diagnostic tools
What will be an ideal response?
An 18-year-old, 5'6", 125 lb female patient was admitted to the hospital 2 days ago for spinal meningitis
She developed sepsis and suffered hypercapnic respiratory failure. The patient was intubated and placed on volume-controlled continuous mandatory ventilation (VC-CMV), respiratory frequen-cy (f) 12 breaths/min, tidal volume (VT) 600 mL, positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) 5 cm H2O, fractional inspired oxygen (FIO2) 0.40. Twenty-four hours later, the patient's oxygen re-quirements have dramatically increased and her lung compliance has dramatically dropped, while her chest X-ray showed development of bilateral fluffy infiltrates. The most appropriate actions to take include which of the following? a. Keep VT the same, increase f to 25 breaths/min, increase PEEP to 12 cm H2O. b. Decrease VT to 250 mL, increase f to 15 breaths/min, increase PEEP to 15 cm H2O. c. Increase VT to 550 mL, decrease f to 8 breaths/min, increase PEEP to 10 cm H2O. d. Decrease VT to 400 mL, decrease f to 8 breaths/min, decrease PEEP to 3 cm H2O.