At 1100 the driver of a vehicle involved in a motor vehicle crash is admitted. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) reports it was a difficult extrication on scene as the steering wheel was pushed into patient’s chest. The assessment data are below:   Time Lung Sounds Heart Sounds BP HR O2 Sat Cardiac Index   1100 Clear to all fields, equal bilaterally S1, S2 145/85 102 96 4.5L/min/m2   1200 Clear to all fields, equal bilaterally S1, S2, Muffled 80/68 132 82 1.6L/min/m2   An arterial line was placed at 1200 and the nurse notes that the patient’s systolic blood pressure drops 15 mmHg with each inspiration. Which condition is represented by the history and table above?

Why is the nurse’s priority concern if PVC’s are close to the T wave often referred to as R on T?

Which medication should be given first when preparing to intubate a patient who is in acute respiratory failure?

In the courtroom work group, the judge generally knows less about the case than the attorneys.

A gag order prohibits anyone involved in a case—police, prosecutor, defense attorney, defendant—from talking to the press.

The First Amendment limits the power of judges to control media coverage of a trial.

Included among those who are not covered by statutory exemption from serving on a jury panel are __________.

A client presents to the triage area of the emergency department after a motor vehicle crash (MVC) and provides a history consistent with a possible head and neck injury. What should the triage nurse do first?

A patient arrives with the following rhythm displayed on the monitor: q13(1).jpg The patient is pulseless and apneic. What are the priority interventions? Select all that apply.

In __________, the privilege against self-incrimination was found to prohibit the prosecutor from commenting on the defendant’s failure to testify during trial.