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Exam 2: NUR2755/ NUR 2755 (New 2023 / 2024) Multidimensional Care IV |Complete Guide with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct - Rasmussen
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Exam 2: NUR2755/ NUR 2755 (New 2023 / 
2024) Multidimensional Care IV |Complete 
Guide with Questions and Verified Answers| 
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QUESTION 
 Nurses priority for assessing for shock 
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QUESTION 
 When should the patient receive emergency treatment for burns 
 
Answer: 
 When the burn covers more than 25% of the body 
 
 
QUESTION 
 septic shock 
 
Answer: 
 a serious condition that occurs when an overwhelming infection affects the body. signs of septic 
shock- el...
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AHN 447 Exam 3 Questions And Answers 2023/2024 A+
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AHN 447 Exam 3 Questions And Answers 2023/2024 A+ 
What are the clinical manifestations of a pulmonary contusion? - ANSWER-MAY BE ASYMPTOMATIC AT 
FIRST 
decreased breath sounds or crackles and wheezes over the affected area 
bruising over the injury 
dry cough 
tachycardia 
tachypnea 
dullness to percussion 
bloody sputum 
initial CXR normal--CXR with opacities after several days 
*can lead to respiratory failure 
What is the pathophysiology of a pulmonary contusion? - ANSWER-occurs mos...
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EMT Trauma Practice Questions Part 2
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Which of the following is most likely to cause immediate death? 
A) aortic rupture 
B) pulmonary contusion 
C) aortic dissection 
D) myocardial contusion - Answer- A) aortic rupture 
 
A flail chest occurs when: 
A) multiple ribs are fractured on both sides of the thoracic cage 
B) a segment of the chest wall is detached from the thoracic cage 
C) more than three ribs are fractured on the same side of the chest 
D) a segment of fractured ribs bulges during the inhalation phase - Answer- B) a seg...
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NSG 233 Med Surge 3 Final Exam with 100% Correct Answers
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NSG 233 Med Surge 3 Final Exam with 
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Chest Trauma- Complications -Answer-Flail chest is frequently a complication of blunt 
chest trauma, which may occur from a steering wheel injury, motor vehicle crash 
involving a pedestrian or cyclist, a significant fall onto the chest, or an assault with a 
blunt weapon. As with rib fracture, treatment of flail chest is usually supportive. 
Management includes providing ventilatory support, clearing secretions from the lungs, 
and cont...
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Combo with PHTLS Pretest and 9 others || with 100% Errorless Solutions.
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When the application of kinetic energy to the body from either a blunt or penetrating mechanism displaces tissue, this is known as correct answers CAVITATION 
 
Which of the following is an example of the tertiary phase blast injury? correct answers CRUSHING INJURY DUE TO STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE. 
 
The most common threat to life among trauma patients is? correct answers INTERNAL HEMORRHAGE 
 
Your patient is an injured construction worker bleeding profusely from a large laceration to the left thigh...
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ARF/ARDS questions with correct answers (with rationale)
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It will be most important for the nurse to check pulse oximetry for which of these patients? 
a. A patient with emphysema and a respiratory rate of 16 
b. A patient with massive obesity who is refusing to get out of bed 
c. A patient with pneumonia who has just been admitted to the unit 
d. A patient who has just received morphine sulfate for postoperative pain Answer C 
Rationale: Hypoxemia and hypoxemic respiratory failure are caused by disorders that interfere with the transfer of oxygen into...
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Florida University: Chapter 20-31| NUR 3125Med-Surg Exam 3,100% CORRECT
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Florida University: Chapter 20-31| NUR 3125Med-Surg Exam 3 
 
Chapter 20: Assessment of Respiratory Function 
 
Purpose of the respiratory system 
●	Deliver oxygen to the body, expels carbon dioxide from the body 
○	Works with the circulatory system 
●	Upper respiratory system: warms and fills air 
○	Nose: serves as passageway, filters impurities, humidifies and warms air 
○	Sinuses and nasal passages 
■	Paranasal sinuses: lines with mucosa and ciliated pseudostratified epithelium; s...
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Paramedic Trauma FISDAP Exam Latest Version 100% Solved
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Paramedic Trauma FISDAP Exam Latest Version 100% Solved 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...
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nbme anatomy shelf Exam 2023
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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...
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A patient is bleeding severely from a severed femoral artery high in the groin region. Which of the 
following would MOST likely control the bleeding? - Apply a topical hemostatic agent with direct 
pressure 
_____ is inadequate tissue perfusion. - Shock 
A "silent" heart attack occurs when: - the usual chest pain is not present. 
A 17-year-old male was shot in the right anterior chest during an altercation. As your partner is applying 
oxygen, you perform a rapid assessment and find an open c...
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