Exam 16: First Aid, Emergency Care, and Disaster Management

When the nurse notes paradoxical respiration in a patient in the emergency department who fell off some scaffolding,the nurse applies ____________________ to the ribs.

The nurse intervenes for a patient with a perforation of the right eye by which of the following? (Place the interventions in the appropriate sequence.)

While at the local pool on an extremely hot day,the nurse is called on to care for a woman who has evidently suffered heat exhaustion.The initial nursing care for this person is to:

The nurse is called on to assist a neighbor who needs first aid.The nurse knows that legal responsibility for this action would be that the nurse:

Assessment of a burn victim leads the nurse to suspect an inhalation injury.The observation that would indicate such an injury would be ____________________.

The patient is admitted to the emergency department after having been bitten on the hand by a black widow spider.The nursing intervention that is indicated is to:

As an immediate treatment for epistaxis,the nurse should give the following instructions:

A patient is brought to the emergency department having had a rock chip imbed in the right eye.The nurse's initial action should be to:

The nurse reviews the changes in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)techniques as recommended by the American Heart Association (AHA),which include:

Standing in a fast-food line,the person in front,while munching on a cookie,begins to cough heavily,takes deep inspirations,and waves his arms around wildly.The nurse should immediately: