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During the assessment of a 64-year-old female patient, you note the following signs: dyspnea, hypotension, and a tracheal shift to the right. The patient also has absent breath sounds, reduced chest expansion, and a hyperresonant percussion note, all on the left side. These findings suggest which of the following? A. Pleural effusion on the left side B. A pneumothorax on the left side C. Atelectasis on the left side D. Consolidation on the left side - answer-B. Pneumothorax To get this ...

AHA PALS Precourse Test_ answered_ Updated Fall 2021/2022. 1. Parents of a 1-year-old female phoned EMS when they picked up their daughter from the babysitter. Paramedics perform an initial impression revealing an obtunded infant with irregular breathing, bruises over the abdomen, abdominal distension, and cyanosis. Assisted bag-mask ventilation with 100% oxygen is initiated. On primary assessment heart rate is 36/min, peripheral pulses cannot be palpated, and central pulses are barely palpab...

Albany State University NURS 2115 Respiratory Study Guide 1. Review A&P of lungs: • Bronchioles lead to alveoli • Alveoli lead to alveolar sacs • Alveoli: functional unit of the lungs o 35% of gas exchange occurs here o Surfactant formation occurs here • Alveolar sacs: last part of the airway o Surrounded by alveoli o 65% of gas exchange occurs here • Lungs: o Right lung: 3 lobes o Left lung: 2 lobes 2. In order to understand the more difficult content, you should have an ...

1 NU272 HESI PRACTICE EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+ A male client with chronic atrial fibrillation and a slow ventricular response is scheduled for surgical placement of a permanent pacemaker. The client asks the nurse how this device will help him. How should the nurse explain the action of a synchronous pacemaker? Correct Answer: An electrical stimulus is discharged when no ventricular response is sensed. - The artificial cardiac pacemaker i...

- Dyspnea, sudden onset, sharp stabbing chest pain, restlessness, impending doom, cough, Hemoptysis, Tachypnea, crackles, plural friction rub, s2 or s4 heart sound, tachycardia, low-grade fever, diaphoresis, petechiae over the chest and axillae, decreased SaO2 - Signs and sx of pulmonary embolism - High D-Dimer - DVT, PE, DIC labs all have - BNP, D dimer, metabolic panel, troponin - Labs to draw for pulmonary embolus - pulmonary angiography - Diagnostic test for PE - Yes. - Does the ...

A difficult intubation is anticipated with an obese pt. The decision is made to intubate by video laryngoscopy. Which of the following is LEAST likely to be needed: A) Cook's Exchanger B) Rigid Stylet C) Cuffed Endotracheal Tube D) Video-enabled Laryngoscope - correct answer A) cook's exchanger Video laryngoscopy involves use of a normal ET Tube with the addition of a rigid stylet, as well as a video-enabled laryngoscope and other normal intubation equipment. A Cook's Tube Excha...

NU 448 EXAM 1 The nurse should interpret the arterial blood gas results shown below as which of the following? pH 7.48, PaO2 85 mm Hg, PaCO2 32 mm Hg, and HCO3 25 mEq/L a. respiratory alkalosis b. metabolic acidosis c. metabolic alkalosis d. respiratory acidosis - a. respiratory alkalosis 2. The nurse is caring for a client who is receiving prescribed intravenous (IV) fluids at 50 ml/hr, has voided 300 ml in 24-hours and reports having a headache. The nurse notes the client's laboratory res...

A difficult intubation is anticipated with an obese pt. The decision is made to intubate by video laryngoscopy. Which of the following is LEAST likely to be needed: A) Cook's Exchanger B) Rigid Stylet C) Cuffed Endotracheal Tube D) Video-enabled Laryngoscope - correct answer A) cook's exchanger Video laryngoscopy involves use of a normal ET Tube with the addition of a rigid stylet, as well as a video-enabled laryngoscope and other normal intubation equipment. A Cook's Tube Excha...

TMC Practice Exam 1. Q&A, LATEST UPDATE. 100% Approved pass rate. Rated A+ Document Content and Description Below You note in the chart of a patient's who is receiving volume control ventilation that the plateau pressure has been increasing over the last 6 hours, while the PEEP levels remains constant. Which of t he following would be the most likely cause of this change? Select one: A. development of pulmonary edema B. water accumulation in the ventilator circuit C. partial obstruction of th...

Advanced Trauma Life support (ATLS) Questions and Answers 2023 definition of; - multiple casualties - mass casualties - incidents in which nr of pat and severity of injuries do not exceed capability of facility to render care - nr of pat and severity of their injuries exceed capability of facility and staff term; upward deflection after QRS complex in a patient with hypothermia J (Osborn) wave clinicians can quickly assess A, B, C and D in a trauma pat (10 se...