What is the nurse's immediate action when a child comes to the emergency department with sweating, chills, and fang bite marks on the thigh?
a. Secure antivenin therapy.
b. Apply a tourniquet to the leg.
c. Ambulate the child.
d. Reassure the child and parent.
A
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A Antivenin therapy is essential to the child's survival because the child is showing
signs of envenomation.
B The use of a tourniquet is no longer recommended.
C When a bite or envenomation is located on an extremity, the extremity should be
immobilized.
D Envenomation is a potentially life-threatening condition. False reassurance is not
helpful for building a trusting relationship.
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