What is flail chest Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

SAMPLE stands for - Answer - Signs and symptoms Allergies Medication Past medical history Last oral intake Events leading up to A patient has cool skin, shallow breathing and a diminished LOC. Your interventions would be: - Answer - Increase depth of respirations, high flow oxygen, and transport ASAP Initial Assessment includes - Answer - Forming a general impression A fall patient has discoloration and tenderness to the left side of the chest. Upon auscultation, you hear dimi...

You have received an order for a dopamine drip. You carry 500cc bags of D5W. How much dopamine should you add to the bag to create a 1600mcg/1mL dilution? A. 800mg B. 1600mcg C. 1600mg D. 400mcg - ANSWER A. 800 mg 2. During the absolute refractory period, what happens to the cardiac cell? A. It is unable to be stimulated. B. The cell is vulnerable to partial stimulation. C. Potassium is being pumped out of the cell. D. Calcium has just rushed into the cell. - ANSWER A. It is unable to...

Where and why are lumbar punctures performed? - Answer- Spinal Block -> Anesthetic (into epidural space) Spinal Tap -> CSF extraction (into subarachnoid space)W B/W L3/L4 or L4/L5 NB: Posterior to this is *cauda equina* Where does a *herniated intervertebral* disk occur? What causes it? - Answer- Occurs b/w L4/L5 or *L5/S1* and C5/C6 or C6/C7 NB: affects lower spinal nerve # Degeneration of annulus fibrosis followed by *sudden compression* of nucleus pulposus What is the dif...

NR283 / NR-283 Exam 2 (Latest Update 2024 / 2025): Pathophysiology | Complete Guide with Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct - Chamberlain Question: A nurse is teaching a student about the most common cause of pulmonary edema. Which cause, if stated by the nurse, indicates understanding of the teaching? a.Pneumonia b.Smoking c.Loss of elastic fibers d.Left sided heart failure Answer: d.Left sided heart failure Question: Where do you see a "white out" in a chest xr...

If you see a cracked windshield in a MVC... what will the pt represent with? - Answer - Bruised or lacerated head or face. Brain injury, *cervical spine injury (always until proven otherwise), tracheal injury. If you see a deformed steering column in a MVC... what will the pt represent with? - Answer - Bruised neck, bruised chest. Sternal or rib fracture, flail chest, myocardial contusion, *pericardial tamponade, pneumo/hemothorax, aortic tear. If you see a deformed dashboard in a MVC... w...

Ventilation - ANSWER-Inspiration of oxygen Expiration of carbon dioxide from the blood Ventilation requires which muscles - ANSWER-Intercostal muscles diaphragm muscles Sternocleidomastoid muscles Factors effecting ventilation - ANSWER-*Compliance-muscles ability for lungs to expand (rib expansion) *Elasticity-ability for lungs to return to relaxed shape *Resistance-airway resistance(mucus, aspiration, bronchospasm) *Work of breathing-how difficult it is to breath(obesity, prego) ...

Exam 2: NUR2755/ NUR 2755 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Multidimensional Care IV Guide| Questions and Verified Answers| Grade A | 100% Correct- Rasmussen Q: burn care Tetanus prophylaxis Clean area Topical agents: silver sufladiazine or mafenide acetate for deep penetration Q: silver sulfadiazine Answer: used as a topical cream on burns- do not use if patient has a sulfa alergy Q: flail chest Answer: A condition in which two or more ribs are fractured in two or more place...

1. An alert 18 year old female is found trapped in her car after a single motor vehicle crash. The air bag deployed and she denies any head or neck pain, but she complains of hip and left leg pain. When she is finally extricated from the car, her vital signs begin to collapse. What shock is she transitioning from? A. neurogenic shock to hypovolemic shock. B. decompensated shock to compensated shock. C. compensated shock to decompensated shock. D. decompensated shock to hypovolemic shock. ...

Final Exam: NUR2790/ NUR 2790 (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Professional Nursing III| Guide with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A- Rasmussen Q: Prevention of Pulmonary Embolism post-op Answer: *passive and active ROM for extremities, Ambulate, circulation, elevation, no smoking, compression stockings and devices after surgery, constricting clothing. Q: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Patho features Answer: Hypoxemia that persists even when 100% oxygen...

EMT FISDAP FINAL EXAM Questions and Answers (2022/2023) (Verified Answers) EMT FISDAP FINAL EXAM Questions and Answers (2022/2023) (Verified Answers) what do you do for labored, contstriction, or lack of tidal volume - correct answer assist ventilations with BVM What do you do for acid in eyes - correct answer irrigate, if contacts take them out Signs and Symptoms of tension pneumothorax - correct answer progressive shortness of breath increased altered level of c...