Exam 16: Care of Patients Experiencing Urgent Alterations in Health

If a spinal injury is suspected,before the rescuer starts CPR,the trachea should be opened with a _______ _______ 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 farm worker who has been kicked in the stomach by a mule passes a foul,black,tarry stool.What is this called?

When performing CPR on an infant,the breastbone is depressed approximately ____ to ____ inch(es).

The Good Samaritan law will protect all people who offer assistance.What is necessary for this protection?

A patient who had taken a poisonous substance is brought to the emergency department.What is the first action the nurse should take?

CPR has been initiated at an accident site.When can CPR be terminated?

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

When assessing a patient who has suffered a burn injury,the nurse classifies the burn as a deep partial-thickness burn.What is this observation most likely based upon?

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

When treating an infant choking on a foreign body,the nurse should use a combination of ______ _________ and chest thrusts.

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?

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

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

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?

When a patient suddenly experiences respiratory difficulty in the cafeteria,the nurse begins assessment for foreign body airway obstruction.What is the most appropriate question to ask the victim?