Widespread hives - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

EMT (EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN) TEST 3 Study Guide With Complete Rationale / Verified Answers A 30-year-old male presents with acute shortness of breath, widespread hives, and facial swelling. He denies any past medical history and takes no medications. During your assessment, you hear wheezing over all lung fields. His blood pressure is 90/50 mm Hg and his heart rate is 110 beats/min. In addition to giving him 100% oxygen, the MOST important treatment for this patient is: Correct answer is:...

Ten days after treating a 34-year-old patient with tuberculosis, you are given a tuberculin skin test, which yields a positive result. This MOST likely indicates that: you were exposed to another infected person prior to treating the 34-year-old patient. After sizing up the scene of a patient with a possible infectious disease, your next priority should be to: take standard precautions An infectious disease is MOST accurately defined as: a medical condition caused by the growth ...

ATI pharm practice B Exam Questions And Answers All Verified A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving haloperidol. The nurse should identify which of the following findings as an adverse effect of the medication? A. Akathisia B. Paresthesia C. Excess tear production D. Anxiety - ANS A. Akathisia A nurse is providing teaching to a client who is to start taking sumatriptan. Which of the following adverse effects should the nurse instruct the client to monitor for and report to...

A 30-year-old male presents with acute shortness of breath, widespread hives, and facial swelling. He denies any past medical history and takes no medications. During your assessment, you hear wheezing over all lung fields. His blood pressure is 90/50 mm Hg and his heart rate is 110 beats/min. In addition to giving him 100% oxygen, the MOST important treatment for this patient is: - ANSWER Epinephrine An alert patient presents with a regular pattern of inhalation and exhalation and breath sou...

NR 511 Midterm Questions And Answers 4- Sensitivity and specificity of a diagnostic study (see course lesson) - Answer --Sensitivity: the ability of a test to accurately identify pts with a dx -Specificity: the ability of a test to accurately identify pts without a dx 4- What is the patient history in terms of documentation? - Answer --PMH is subjective information -HPI 4- Where in the chart is OLD CARTS used? - Answer --OLD CARTS is used to remember elements for HPI 5- Sources t...

A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving haloperidol. The nurse should identify which of the following findings as an adverse effect of the medication? A. Akathisia B. Paresthesia C. Excess tear production D. Anxiety - A. Akathisia A nurse is providing teaching to a client who is to start taking sumatriptan. Which of the following adverse effects should the nurse instruct the client to monitor for and report to the provider? A. Chest pressure B. White patches on the tongue C...

NUR265 Literally Exam 4 (100% Correct Answers with Rationale) The nurse working in the ED is triaging a client who has presented with chest pain, shortness of breath, a productive cough, and reports nights sweats. That clients health history includes the presence of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and the recent laboratory results that reveal a low CD4+ count. Airborne precautions have been initiated. Which of the following actions should the nurse take next? ANSWER: Check the ...

NC EMT-Basic Exam Questions and Answers With Complete Solution After administering 0.3 mg of epinephrine via auto-injector to a 22-year-old female with an allergic reaction, you note improvement in her breathing and dissipation of her hives. However, she is still anxious and tachycardic. You should: A. contact medical control and obtain authorization to administer another 0.3 mg of epinephrine. B. transport her rapidly, as it is obvious that she is having a severe reaction to the epinephrin...

EMT MOD 4 | questions and answers 2023/24 with complete solution A 66 y/o female with a history of hypertension and diabetes presents with substernal chest pressure of 2 hours' duration. Her blood pressure is 140/90 mmHg, her pulse is 100 beats/min and irregular, her respirations are 22 breaths/min, and her oxygen saturation is 92%. The patient does not have prescribed nitroglycerin, but her husband does. You should: - administer oxygen, give her 324 mg of aspirin, and assess her further ...

NRNP 6560 Final exam|Complete Graded A+ EPAP expiratory positive airway pressure CPAP continuous positive airway pressure a treatment for apnea involving keeping a patient's airways open using air pressure delivered via a face mask IPAP=EPAP ABCDE asymmetry, border, color, diameter >6mm, evolving skin eruptions or exanthema 3 groups 1. Macular and maculopapular lesions 2. vesicular or bullous lesions 3. pustular, petechial, or purpuric lesions secondary changes of skin lesio...