SCENARIOUse this scenario to answer the following question(s).You are called to a scene where a middle-aged woman has fallen down a flight of stairs. One thing you need to assess is the patient's mental status and vital signs.Your patient's pulse rate is 88. You know that this heart rate:
A. is below normal for an adult.
B. is elevated above normal.
C. is normal for an adult.
D. would be normal only for an infant.
Answer: C
You might also like to view...
To move the patient to one side of the bed prior to turning from supine to prone, FIRST move the:
a. lower extremities. b. trunk. c. head and upper trunk. d. none of the above.
In shaken baby syndrome:
a. Both focal lesions and diffuse axonal injury often occur b. There are usually only focal lesions c. The brain is often rotated within the skull by the abuse
The ____ method of securing a hub involves slipping the inverted tape, sticky side up, under the hub until it adheres to the hub, then crossing it over the hub.
A. stabilizing B. retaining C. chevron D. triangle
CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY. A good research question is one that is…
a. Focused b. Measureable c. Complex d. Academic e. Ordered