Heat exhaustion Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

HESI PNR 208/ PNR208 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Concepts of Community-Based Nursing Review| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A- Fortis Q: The public health nurse receives grant funding to implement primary prevention strategies for migrant farm workers and their families. Which action should the nurse plan to include? Teach a class in providing first aid for heat exhaustion Organize free community wide tuberculosis screenings Distribute brochures on measures to avoid p...

EMT MODULE 4 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2023 40. Common signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion include all of the following, EXCEPT: A. hot, dry skin. B. nausea. C. headache. D. tachycardia. [Correct Ans: - A. hot, dry skin. 41. You receive a call to a residence where a man found his wife unresponsive on the couch. The patient's respiratory rate is 8 breaths/min, her breathing is shallow, her heart rate is 40 beats/min, and her pulse is weak. The husband hands you an empty bottle of hydrocodon...

Exam 1: NSG554 / NSG 554 (Latest 2024 / 2025 Update) - Nurse Practitioners in Primary Care I Exam Review | Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Wilkes Q: The most frequent cause of orthostatic hypotension in elderly Answer: Peripheral autonomic dysfunction due to reduced baroreflex sensitivity associated with aging Q: Orthostatic hypotension associated medications and diseases Answer: diuretics, antihypertensive, alpha blockers, nitrates, CCB, opiates, and antidepressants de...

NBME Form 11 Heat exhaustion - correct answer exercise intolerance, increased core body temperatures, and the absence of neurologic disturbances Heat stroke - correct answer is characterized by hyperthermia, AMS or neurologic deficits, and variable physical signs and symptoms depending on severity Stimulus induced or spontaneous myoclonus is specific for? - correct answer Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease What is the first line treatment for narrow complex SVT? - correct answer AV nodal bl...

EMT MODULE 5 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2023 What are the most common places to get local cold injuries like frostbite and frostnip? [Ans: - In the extremities such as hands, feet, ears, nose, etc What is frostbite? Frostnip? Immersion foot? What can frostbite lead up to? [Ans: - Frostbite: -tissues are actually frozen -waxy, hard, blisters may be present; skin will be red with purple or white and may be mottled or cyanotic will partially or fully thawed -gangrene (permanent cell death) c...

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These two locations should be examined for bruising when suspecting child abuse. - Answer- Face and Buttocks This the number one sign of heat exhaustion moving into heat stroke. - Answer- Altered mental status. Traumatic injury to all of the meningeal layers would produce this specific sign. - Answer- CSF/Clear Fluid from the nose. Which situations would SpO2 readings prove to be less accurate? - Answer- CO, natural gas, or cyanide (due to house fire) exposure. This is the primary pr...

These two locations should be examined for bruising when suspecting child abuse. - Answer- Face and Buttocks This the number one sign of heat exhaustion moving into heat stroke. - Answer- Altered mental status. Traumatic injury to all of the meningeal layers would produce this specific sign. - Answer- CSF/Clear Fluid from the nose. Which situations would SpO2 readings prove to be less accurate? - Answer- CO, natural gas, or cyanide (due to house fire) exposure. This is the primary pr...

Sports Medicine EOPA (2023/2024) Already Passed Abduction Movement away from the midline of the body Adduction Movement toward the midline of the body Acute Injury An injury with sudden onset and short duration (1-3 days) Aerobic Process that requires oxygen EX: running, soccer Anaerobic Process that does not require oxygen EX: football dynamic stretching technique in which muscles are stretched by moving joints slowly and fluidly through their range of motion in a controlled manner; also c...

A nurse in an acute care mental health facility is preparing to administer morning medication for a client who has been taking lithium for 2 weeks and has a current lithium level of 1.0 mEq/L. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? A. Prepare for gastric lavage due to an extremely elevated lithium level. B. Administer the morning dose of lithium. C. Check the client's medication record to assess whether the client has been refusing her lithium. D. Hold the medication and asse...