Exam 24: Emergency First Aid Nursing

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

The patient is admitted to the emergency department,having suffered frostbite to the hands,which are grayish-white in color.When attempting to warm the hands,the nurse should:

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

The nurse determines clinical death and initiates CPR immediately because resuscitation is possible if cardiopulmonary arrest has existed for no more than:

When the nurse is assessing victims in an emergency situation,the first priority is to assess for:

Once CPR has been initiated at the accident site,it can only be terminated when the:

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

A machinist visits the industrial nurse's clinic with a deep laceration of the thigh.The nurse should initially:

A visitor in the hospital slips and falls.The arm appears dislocated and the visitor is unable to move it.The nurse's first action is to:

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

After CPR has been initiated on an adult patient,the nurse assesses the effectiveness of CPR by confirming:

The acronym RICE directs the nurse in the care of a sprain.The "C" in the acronym stands for ________.

The patient arrived at the emergency department in pain and bleeding profusely with the following vital signs: BP 80/54,P 102,RR 22.The nurse recognizes these symptoms as indicative of:

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

When administering first aid in emergency situations,the nurse must first survey victims for severity of injuries.This is called:

The patient is brought to the emergency department after having fractured his arm 12 hours ago.The arm is very edematous from the fingers to the elbow,and the patient cannot move it.Initially the nurse should:

The nurse teaches a patient with epistaxis that the best way to control bleeding is to:

The patient with heat stroke has been undressed and treated with cold packs and a fan.The patient's temperature is now down to 101.2° F.When the patient starts to shiver,the emergency department nurse should:

When assessing the adult victim for pulselessness,the CPR rescuer should palpate the most reliable and accessible pulse,which is the:

A patient who had taken a poisonous substance was brought to the emergency department.The nurse should first: