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Final Exam: NR509 / NR 509 (Latest Update 2024 / 2025) Advanced Physical Assessment | Review Questions & Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Chamberlain Question: arousal Answer: (wakefulness) depends on the ascending reticular activating system of the brainstem which projects through the thalamus to several areas of the cortex, which "processes, integrates, and gives context to the information provided to it thus generating awareness. Injury to any of these areas or their connecti...

EMD Dispatcher Final Test- Questions & Answers (100% Correct) EMD Dispatcher Final Test- Questions & Answers (100% Correct) The ¥ symbol in the "Go To" column of a Chief Complaint Protocol directs you to? - ANSWER - Send and go to PDIs (post dispatch instructions) When using Protocol 22 (Inaccessible Incident/Other Entrapment), which of the following body parts is considered peripheral? Abdomen, hand, upper leg, or head - ANSWER - Hand A second-party caller reports that his 17 yea...

PVL3703 PORTFOLIO MEMO - MAY/JUNE 2023 - SEMESTER 1 - UNISA - (DETAILED ANSWERS - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED!) QUESTION 1 John works at the control tower of the O.R. Tambo Airport. His responsibility is to regulate the movements of the aeroplanes landing and taking off. Due to a sudden sharp drop in John’s blood pressure, he loses consciousness for five minutes. During this period of unconsciousness, two aeroplanes collide because John did not give the pilots the correct instructions. Did John...

What type of bleeding is difficult to control because of the high pressure? A. venous B. arterial C. capillary D. Lymphatic -Correct Answer Arterial The primary method of controlling bleeding is by A. Elevation B. Direct pressure C. Pressure points D. packing the wound -Correct Answer Direct pressure A man who has fallen from the roof of a two story house has obvious bone injuries to his lower extremities and is bleeding freely from a wound to his left side. He has a blood pres...

NC BLET- In-custody Transportation (2022/2023) Already Graded A AOC Form CR-200 "Release Order" "Blue Sheet" Blue Sheets used to track inmates through the system 3 copies of AOC-CR-200 -original: clerk's research division -copy: to the defendant -copy: given to arresting officer to take to the detention facility Once an arrestee arrives at the detention facility, one of two things will happen 1: inmate stays in custody until the case is finished OR 2: the inmate is released by one of 5 w...

EMD Certification Questions and Answers 100% Pass When using Protocol 22, which of the following body parts is considered PERIPHERAL? A. abdomen B. upper leg C. hand D. head C. hand Which of the following is the best definition for "repetitive persistence"? A. A calming technique in which the calltaker repeats a phrase verbatim using a firm but caring tone. The phrase should contain both an action and a reason for the action. B. A calming technique in which the calltaker repeats a phras...

EMS 1021 Chapter 1-10 Verified Study Questions And Answers EMS ANS Emergency Medical System - responsible for and provide emergency care and transportation to the sick and injured 4 Types of EMT Training/Licensures ANS EMR, EMT, AEMT, Paramedic Infectious Disease ANS an illness caused by living pathogenic organisms such as bacteria and viruses Communicable Disease ANS A disease that can be spread from one person or species to another. Implied Consent ANS Children or unconscious...

What is Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA) - correct answer Systemic and Pulmonary circulations are parallel rather than in a series What is Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (TAPVR) - correct answer Congenital heart defect in which 4 pulmonary veins that carry 02 rich blood back to the heart from the heart from the lungs are not properly attached to the atrium What causes Respiratory Alkalosis - correct answer Hyperventilation, anxiety, Pulmonary Embolism, fear, mechanical ve...

NRNP 6560 FINAL EXAM ( A+ GRADED 100% VERIFIED) LATEST 2022 coup-contrecoup injury - ANS Dual impacting of the brain into the skull; coup injury occurs at the point of impact; contrecoup injury occurs on the opposite side of impact, as the brain rebounds. Scalp laceration: what, effect, management - ANS Primary head injury profuse bleeding - signs of hypovolemia Apply direct pressure Suture/ staple laceration Lidocaine 1% with epi to control bleeding, not close to nose/ ears S...

When analyzing the waveforms of a client's electrocardiogram (ECG), the nurse will need to investigate further upon assessing which of the following findings? a. A P-R interval of 0.18 seconds b. A QRS interval of 0.14 seconds c. Q-T interval of 0.34 seconds d. T wave of 0.16 seconds Correct Answer-QRS interval of 0.14 second Unconsciousness without response to painful stimuli is assessed in a client with a head injury who has been admitted to the emergency department. To promote cerebra...