Exam 16: Care of Patients Experiencing Urgent Alterations in Health

When assessing the adult victim for pulselessness,the CPR rescuer should palpate the most reliable and accessible pulse.Which pulse will be palpated?

The patient is brought to the emergency department after having fractured an arm 12 hours ago.The arm is very edematous from the fingers to the elbow,and the patient cannot move it.What should be the initial action of the nurse?

The nurse is teaching a patient with epistaxis about the best way to control bleeding.What information will the nurse relay to this patient?

While on break in the hospital cafeteria a nurse witnesses her pregnant coworker start to choke.The coworker is conscious,but unable to breathe.Where should the nurse administer thrusts?

The patient's lower chest has been punctured with a knife that is still in place.What should the nurse's first action be?

A patient is admitted to the hospital after receiving a blow to the head.The patient begins to show signs of shock.How should the patient be positioned?

The worried mother of an accident victim asks the nurse how much circulating blood an average adult male is supposed to have.What will the nurse reply?

When two nurses perform two-person CPR,there should be two slow breaths for every 30 ___________________.

A patient has been stung by a bee and is brought to the emergency department.The nurse observes the sting site and identifies that the stinger is still in the skin.What action should the nurse take?

CPR has been initiated on an adult patient.How will the nurse confirm the effectiveness of CPR?

The nurse is assessing a patient who is severely bleeding and at risk for hypovolemic shock.What can the nurse anticipate?

The nurse arrives on the scene of a fire.What is the first thing the nurse will do for a burn victim?

A visitor in the hospital slips and falls.The patient's arm appears dislocated and the visitor is unable to move it.What is the first action the nurse should implement?

When other methods have failed to stop the bleeding and the victim's life is in danger,the rescuer at the scene applies a tourniquet to a young woman's leg above the knee.What is another step that is essential for the rescuer to follow?

A burn patient is brought into the emergency department with the following burns: half of the front torso,entire left arm,and front of left leg.The nurse should record that the patient has a ______% burn.

If a spinal injury is suspected,before the rescuer starts CPR,the trachea should be opened with a jaw _______ maneuver.

A patient arrives in the emergency department with a sucking wound to the left chest.What is the first action the nurse should take?

A nurse assesses an accident victim who has bright red blood spurting from a laceration on his right forearm.Where will the nurse apply pressure after applying direct pressure and elevating the limb?

The nurse is attempting to control bleeding in a patient with a profusely bleeding scalp wound.What is the most effective initial treatment of this bleeding?

The nurse is assisting a victim of an accident who requires bandaging of the right lower extremity.What should the nurse do when applying the bandage?