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NUR 480 STUDY GUIDE AND ANSWERED FINAL EXAM Rule of 9's ● Head: front and back each is 4.5% ● Torso: chest and abdomen 9% each ● Back: upper and lower 9% each ● Arms: front and back 4.5% each, 9% total for one arm ● Groin: 1% ● Legs: front and back 9% each, 18% total for one leg ● Burns ● Body tissue injuries by thermal, chemical, electrical or radioactive agents ● Results in destruction of skin layers, and underlying tissues ● Loss of temperature re...

1.What is the effect of hypothermia on the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve - Hemoglobin does not readily release oxygen for use by the tissues A shift to the left occurs in an environment of low metabolic demand (hypothermia, hypocapnia, alkalosis), increasing hemoglobin's affinity for oxygen. EMS arrives with the intoxicated driver of a car involved in a motor vehicle crash. EMS reports significant damage to the driver's side of the car. The patient is asking to have the cervical collar...

TNCC 9th Edition Provider Exam(correct answers)2023 EMS brings a patient who fell while riding his bicycle. Using the American College of Surgeons screening guidelines, which assessment finding would prompt the nurse to prepare the patient for radiologic spine clearance? - CORRECT ANSWER-Alert with no neurological deficits The trauma nurse knows that placing a bariatric patient in a "ramped position" provides better visualization during the insertion of which device? - CORRECT ANSWER...

Pathophysiology Multiple Interacting System McMaster N3PA2 Already Passed Definition of Burn Traumatic injury to the skin Primary Causes of Burns Thermal or other acute exposures such as extreme cold, electricity, radiation, and chemicals Burn Injuries requiring medical attention annually in US and Canada No data exists for Canada 1.3 million burns annually in U.S Percentage of burn patients that die 6% Most Common Type of Burn Injury Thermal injury Most Common Cause of Thermal injury in Ca...

Critical Care Paramedic Exam with 100% Correct Answers 1st degree burn - Answer- Epidermis Redness Painful NO BLISTERS Minimal tissue distruction 2nd degree burn - Answer- Epidermis and portions of the dermis Red or pale Blisters Extreme pain 3rd degree burn - Answer- Entire epidermis and dermis Charred Dry Leathery 4th degree burn - Answer- Visible distruction to bone, muscle tendon, ligament Black and charred Fluid resuscitation needed - Answer- Burns greather than 15-20% BSA ...

Large indian mound settlements appeared in Georgia when? During the archaic period The Georgia colony was unique because... it was the first colony to ban the importation of slaves The Georgia colony was opened to slavery in... 1751 The first governor of the colony of Georgia was... James Oglethorpe During the American Revolution, Georgia was... divided among revolutionaries and loyalists Georgia eagerly ratified the federal constitution because... fear o...

1.What is the effect of hypothermia on the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve Hemoglobin does not readily release oxygen for use by the tissues A shift to the left occurs in an environment of low metabolic demand (hypothermia, hypocapnia, alkalosis), increasing hemoglobin's affinity for oxygen. EMS arrives with the intoxicated driver of a car involved in a motor vehicle crash. EMS reports significant damage to the driver's side of the car. The patient is asking to have the cervical collar ...

Critical Care Paramedic Exam with 100% Correct Answers 1st degree burn - Answer- Epidermis Redness Painful NO BLISTERS Minimal tissue distruction 2nd degree burn - Answer- Epidermis and portions of the dermis Red or pale Blisters Extreme pain 3rd degree burn - Answer- Entire epidermis and dermis Charred Dry Leathery 4th degree burn - Answer- Visible distruction to bone, muscle tendon, ligament Black and charred Fluid resuscitation needed - Answer- Burns greather than 15-20% BSA ...

TNCC Exam 7th edition Revision Questions and Answers 2024 The nurse is caring for a 120 kg male brought in after a warehouse fire and is calculating the patients fluid resuscitation needs. He has painful red blistering to the entire surface of both upper extremities and superficial burns to the anterior chest. Using the modified Lund and Browder chart to calculate the total body surface area burned, how much IV fluid would be administered in the first 8 hours? 2280 mL 3840 mL A fluid total of...

Pathophysiology Multiple Interacting System McMaster N3PA2 Definition of Burn - Traumatic injury to the skin Primary Causes of Burns - Thermal or other acute exposures such as extreme cold, electricity, radiation, and chemicals Burn Injuries requiring medical attention annually in US and Canada - No data exists for Canada 1.3 million burns annually in U.S Percentage of burn patients that die - 6% Most Common Type of Burn Injury - Thermal injury Most Common Cause of Thermal injury i...