Agonal respirations Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

EMT Basic Exam 2 Actual Questions and Answers / Verified Answers 2023/2024 You and your partner are treating a 66-year-old man who experienced a sudden onset of respiratory distress. He is conscious but is unable to follow simple verbal commands. Further assessment reveals that his breathing is severely labored and his oxygen saturation is 80%. You should: A. attempt to insert an oropharyngeal airway. B. assist his ventilations with a bag-mask device. C. apply a continuous positi...

CDH Paramedic Entrance Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass What are the normal respirations of adults? Infants? 12-20 and 20-40 What is the purpose of surfactant? Reduces surface tension in alveoli (lubricant) What is the normal stimulus to breathe in a healthy patient? Carbonic drive What is a pink puffer? Blue Bloater? A COPD Patient with Emphysema. A COPD Patient with Chronic Bronchitis What causes inhalation? Diaphragm and Intercostal muscles contract Where are the different lung sound...

NSG 526 / NSG526 Exam 3 | Rated A Guide with Verified Answers | 2024 / 2025 Update - Wilkes Q: The best response by the PMHNP when speaking with a client with BPD who has been in counseling for management of self-harm behaviors who now wants to cut themselves is Answer: to assist the client to identify an appropriate coping strategy. Q: Understand that if a client with BPD who was making progress but recently had an anxiety producing situation arise and now cut herself is that even though this b...

the active, muscular part of breathing is called: correct answer: inhalation A 22-year-old man crashed his motorcycle into a tree. He is found approximately 20 feet away from his bike and is responsive to pain only. He is not wearing a helmet. You are unable to effectively open his airway using the jaw-thrust maneuver. What should you do? correct answer: Carefully tilt his head back and lift up on his chin. what is the function of pulmonary surfactant? correct answer: it lubricates the ...

PLATINUM FINAL EXAM EMTP 3.3 REVIEW 2023 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS COMPLETE What is the best airway device to use for smoke inhalation? Endotracheal intubation is frequently needed for supportive therapy in the management of inhalation injury. Most pertinent piece of information in evaluating a patient's ventilatory status? Ventilation is the movement of air in and out of the lungs through a patent airway. The majority of observations regarding ventilation focus on the movements of the chest....

PLATINUM FINAL EXAM EMTP 3.3 REVIEW 2023 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS COMPLETE What is the best airway device to use for smoke inhalation? Endotracheal intubation is frequently needed for supportive therapy in the management of inhalation injury. Most pertinent piece of information in evaluating a patient's ventilatory status? Ventilation is the movement of air in and out of the lungs through a patent airway. The majority of observations regarding ventilation focus on the movements of the chest....

Primary prevention Actually preventing the thing Secondary Prevention early identification and treatment Tertiary prevention Avoiding complications Norms are considered The right patterns of behavior for a society Crisis is a time limited response lasting 4 to 6 weeks What initiates a crisis A crisis is initiated by internal or external demands that are perceived as a threat to a persons physical or emotional functioning. Precipitating event is stressf...

ATI LEADERSHIP RN 2019 RETAKE 2 (FULL EXAM) 100 % VERIFIED ANSWERS. 2 A nurse is planning care for a newborn who has hyperbilirubinemia and is to receive phototherapy. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include? Place the newborn 45 cm (18 in) from the light source 3 an assistive personnel tells the nurse that several client measurements were obtained with morning vital signs. Which of the following clients should the nurse plan to assess? Head injury HR 60 5 A community...

Which of the following meds helps the body transport sugar into the cells? - ANSWER Insulin A 32 year old patient is found unconsious in the snow. You cannot detect a pulse or respiration rate within 10 seconds. What should you do? - ANSWER assess her pulse for 30-45 seconds An adult male is sitting alone in a dark room, rocking back and forth. he mutters to his sock puppet "are you feeling sad?" what should you do? - ANSWER introduce yourself and start an assessment a 42-year-old man...

A nurse is triaging victims of a commuter train crash. Which of the following clients should be transported to the Emergency Department first? a. An ambulatory client whose nose is bleeding and who reports feeling dizzy b. A client who has a fracture of the humerus with a 2+ radial pulse in the effected arm c. A client who is exhibiting agonal respirations with fixed pupils d. A client who has full-thickness burn injuries over 30% of his total body surface area (Ans - d. A client who has fu...