You are treating an unresponsive diabetic patient. You have administered 25 grams of 50 percent dextrose. Which of the following is MOST important that you recheck and document on your run report?
A) That your IV site was patent when dextrose was delivered
B) Results of repeated blood glucose check
C) Any change in mental status after drug administration
D) All of the above should be reassessed and documented.
D
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Your patient is a 50-year-old motorcyclist who received a lateral impact from an automobile as he went through an intersection. He has an open right tibia/fibula fracture. He also has a fracture of his left forearm and some abrasions. He was wearing a helmet and suffered no loss of consciousness. He currently has a strong radial pulse of 100, his skin is warm and moist, and he has adequate respirations at 20 per minute. Assuming no significant findings during a rapid trauma exam and intact distal neurovascular status, which of the following is the best way to manage this patient's lower extremity trauma?
A) Use anatomical splinting provided by placing the patient on a long backboard. B) Secure padded long board splints laterally and medially. C) Apply PASG. D) Apply a traction splint.
Which of the following statements regarding emergency evacuation drills in correctional facilities is MOST accurate?
A. They are only available to the warden. B. They are only available to the employees. C. They must be made available to inmates. D. They must be made available to the general public.
Patient sustained first and second degree burns to her left forearm. She was in her kitchen in her apartment making pasta. She burned herself with the boiling pasta water
A) T22.012A, X12.XXXA, Y92.030, Y93.G3 B) T22.112A, X12.XXXA, Y92.030, Y93.G3 C) T22.111A, X12.XXXA, Y92.030, Y93.G3 D) T22.212A, X12.XXXA, Y92.030, Y93.G3
What role did lobbyists for affected industries play during President Obama's efforts to pass the Affordable Care Act?
A) They harshly criticized the President's efforts. B) They sought to shape reform rather than block it. C) They quietly sought to block reform. D) They lined up along the usual pro-reform and anti-reform divide.