Continual assessment, care management and interventions that may require clinical skills such as cardiac monitoring, ECG interpretation, airway management, fluid resuscitation and haemodynamicmonitoring are referred to as:
a. primary care.
b. secondary care.
c. tertiary care.
d. none of the above.
b
Recognising an emergency is the first step in respond
ing to an emergency, and giving prompt emergency care
saves lives. Secondary care involves continual assessment,
care management and interventions which may require clinical skills such as cardiac monitoring, ECG interpretation,
airway management, fluid resuscitation and haemodynamicmonitoring.
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