For which of these patients should the EMT perform a rapid head-to-toe secondary assessment, as opposed to a focused secondary assessment?
A) A 22-year-old male who is alert and oriented with a deformed ankle that occurred when he tripped playing basketball and landed hard
B) A 36-year-old construction worker who was shot in the hand with a nail gun; the nail remains impaled in his hand and bleeding is minor
C) A 24-year-old male with stable vitals who is alert and oriented and is complaining of chest pain secondary to a motor vehicle collision in which the passenger was killed
D) A 46-year-old roofer with a history of coronary heart disease, who complains of a burn to his left lower leg after being splashed with hot tar
C) A 24-year-old male with stable vitals who is alert and oriented and is complaining of chest pain secondary to a motor vehicle collision in which the passenger was killed
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a. Table of Neoplasms b. Table of Drugs and Chemicals c. Table of Mental Illnesses d. Index to External Causes
A 27-year-old woman received from the emergency department is on a nasal cannula at 5 L/min. Approximately what FiO2 is this patient receiving?
a. 28% b. 32% c. 35% d. 40%
At 1030 the respiratory therapist is called to the bedside of a patient being mechanically venti-lated with VC-IMV
The patient is a 55-kg female who has been intubated with a size 8 endotracheal tube. Currently, the ET tube is located 20 cm at the gum line. During spontaneous breathing, the patient shows lack of coordinated chest wall movement, and the respiratory therapist notes some retraction of the intercostal spaces. The respiratory therapist performs a system check. The current and past few patient-ventilator system checks reveal the following information: Time 0430 0640 0835 1030 PIP (cm H2O) 28 31 34 41 Pplateau (cm H2O) 18 21 19 20 The most appropriate action to take in this situation is which of the following? a. Deflate the cuff and reposition the endo-tracheal tube. b. Request that the patient receive haloperi-dol and midazolam. c. Administer albuterol via an in-line me-tered-dose inhaler. d. Switch the mode to PC-IMV and increase the rate.
The bisecting technique originated from the rule of isometry
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