Widening blood vessels - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Paramedic Trauma FISDAP Exam (2023/2024) Already Passed If you see a cracked windshield in a MVC... what will the pt represent with? 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? Bruised neck, bruised chest. Sternal or rib fracture, flail chest, myocardial contusion, *pericardial tamponade, pneumo/hemothorax, aortic tear. If you see a de...

ECCO Caring for Patients with Neurologic Disorders: Part 1 Questions and Answers 100% Pass What vital sign assessments herald impending brainstem herniation? Increased SBP w/widening pulse pressure, changes in respirations, and bradycardia A patient is admitted after sustaining traumatic brain injury in a motorcycle crash. The patent's GCS score on admission is E 2, M 3, V 1T = 6T. Which of the following should the nurse perform to prepare the patient for ICP monitoring? Prior to placement of a...

What should you do first if a kid collapses in the gym and is unresponsive? Check pulse Choking. What to do? Ask if they are choking and start doing abdominal thrusts (Heimlich Manuever) Reflexology Healing the body by applying pressure to someone's hands and feet What drug produces drowsiness, nausea and hallucinations? Inhalents Barbiturates (Sleep Inducing) side effects are closely like what other drug? Alcohol Ecstasy MDMA- goes into effect 30-45 after taking it and lasts 3-6 hours R...

ATI PHARMACOLOGY PROCTORED EXAM RETAKE GUIDE (GRADED A+) LATEST VERSION A patient newly diagnosed with hypothyroidism is prescribed Levothyroxine (Synthroid) 0.25 mg PO daily. After 6 weeks of treatment the nurse determines that the medication was effective if the: 1) Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) level is 2 microunits/mL 2) Total t4 level is 2 mcg/dL A nurse providing teaching to a client who has just been prescribed prazosin (Minipress) which of the following client statement ...

NFPT exam 2024/2025 ADLs stand for? - ANSWER Activities of daily living A tough but flexible connective tissue that covers the end of each bone is called? - ANSWER Cartilage Glands, located in many regions of the body, release chemical messengers called enzymes into the bloodstream. These enzymes transport signals from one cell to another fo...

BIO 210 Lecture Unit 2 Exam Graded A+ what tissue types make up the integument? connective, epithelial, muscle (arrector pili), nervous (merkle cells) another term for integument cutaneous membrane study of skin: dermatology subcutaneous layer aka hypodermis, connective and adipose tissue layer just under the dermis thin skin covers most of the body thick skin Covers the palms of the hands and soles of the feet Has five layers of keratinocytes melanin A pigment that gives...

NFPT Study Exam Questions & Answers 2024/2025 ADLs stand for? - ANSWERSActivities of daily living A tough but flexible connective tissue that covers the end of each bone is called? - ANSWERSCartilage Glands, located in many regions of the body, release chemical messengers called enzymes into the bloodstream. These enzymes transport signals from one cell to another for the purpose of soliciting a specific bodily response or function - ANSWERSFALSE Which division of the nervous syste...

Hemorrhagic Fever Exam Review A+ Dengue virus and yellow fever family - ANS-Flaviviridae Ebola virus family - ANS-Filoviridae what is true about all hemorrhagic viruses? - ANS-they are all RNA viruses and they are all clinically similar characteristics of hemorrhagic viral diseases - ANS--they affect multiple organ systems -bleeding/hemorrhaging -damage to the cardiovascular system what can bleeding and hemorrhaging cause? - ANS-capillary leak syndrome and coagulopathy capillary leak s...

1. A nurse is evaluating the central venous pressure (CVP) of a client who has sustained multiple traumas. Which of the following interpretations of a low CVP pressure should the nurse make? A. Fluid overload Rationale: The CVP is the pressure in the vena cava, or right atrium, and is reflective of preload. A client who has fluid overload would have a high CVP value. B. Left ventricular failure Rationale: Left ventricular failure can be detected by an elevated pulmonary artery wedge pressure...

A 44-year-old man reports dizziness and lightheadness. His BP is 88/26 mm Hg, his heart rate is 190 beats per minute and weak. His skin is cool clammy and pale. Why is his BP low? - CORRECT ANS decreased ventricular timing Switching compressors during two-rescuer CPR: - CORRECT ANS should occur every two minutes throughout the arrest Stable angina - CORRECT ANS chest pain that occurs when a person is active or under severe stress Unstable angina - CORRECT ANS chest pai...