Your patient is a 20-year-old female college student who lives in a dormitory. She complains of weakness, fever, chills, nausea, a rash on her chest, and neck pain. Physical examination reveals warm, moist skin; pain with flexion of her neck; and a petechial rash on her chest. HR = 92, BP = 108/68, RR = 14, SaO2 = 99%. Which of the following is most appropriate?
A) Place an N-95 respirator on the patient, transport BLS, notify the hospital before arrival
B) Place a face mask on your patient and yourself, transport BLS, notify the hospital before arrival
C) Administer oxygen by nonrebreather, BLS, and transport
D) Administer O2 via nonrebreather mask, cardiac monitor, IV of normal saline, and transport
B
You might also like to view...
A feeling of uneasiness, apprehension, worry, or dread is the definition of:
A) psychosis B) schizophrenia C) depression D) anxiety
Which organ would not be covered by the visceral layer of the peritoneum?
A) stomach B) gallbladder C) liver D) pancreas E) spleen
Which of the following root operations have "Z" as a no qualifier _____.
A. change, abortion extraction B. delivery insertion, removal C. resection, reposition D. all of the above
What is primigravida?
A) A woman who is pregnant for the first time B) A woman who has never given birth C) A woman who has been pregnant more than once D) A woman who has given birth to her first child