Your patient was involved in a motorcycle crash. He opens his eyes to pain, speaks in nonsensical words, and withdraws to painful stimuli. His glasgow coma score is

Please choose the correct statement(s) regarding Iodide drugs such as Lugol’s solution.

Predicting and recognizing the difficult adult airway should include a 3-3-2 evaluation. The 3-3-2 rule includes measuring the

When setting a glycemic/Hgb A1C for a patient, the APN considers:

Directions: What follows is a scenario for which you must write patient care report in SOAPE format. You are to use your medical knowledge and creativity to supply any additional information that you deem is necessary, but that information needs to be relevant and appropriate to the scenario.   DISPATCH: 1440 hours; motorcycle crash with one victim   ON ARRIVAL: As you approach the scene you see a motorcycle embedded in the front of a late-model compact car. There is a dent in the top of the roof and the windshield is broken from an outside impact. Approximately 30 feet beyond the vehicle is a 20-year-old male. He is supine with a full-face helmet in place along with a leather jacket and leather trousers. As you kneel beside him, he gasps, “I… can’t… breathe… can’t… feel… any… thing.”   INITIAL ASSESSMENT: Chief Complaint – Complaining of difficulty breathing and inability to feel anything Mental Status – Alert, verbally responsive, oriented x 4 Airway – Open and clear Breathing – Respirations labored at 24, with accessory muscle use noted in his neck; talking in one word sentences; lung sounds clear on the right and coarse on the left, in the mid-sternal area Circulation – Skin pale, warm, and dry; Radial pulse 50; BP 86/64   FOCUSED HISTORY: Events – He just received the motorcycle for his birthday and was taking it out for a ride when he entered the intersection and ran head-on into the automobile at a high rate of speed Previous Illness – Unknown Current health status – Unknown Allergies – NKDA Medications – Patient denies taking any medications on a regular basis   FOCUSED PHYSICAL: Current vital signs – BP 86/64, P 60, R 24 Other pertinent findings – His full-face helmet is intact with extensive scuffing on the left-side and top; a mid-sternal bruise about the size of a grapefruit is present; NO chest wall movement is noted, but regular rhythmic movement of the diaphragm is synchronized with his respirations; Bilateral lower-leg anterior lacerations extending down to the tibia, approximately 10 cm in length, are also noted, but are not actively bleeding; A laceration on the left lateral hip, extending posterior to the left buttock is bleeding profusely Ongoing care – Administration of 500 mL of normal saline resulted in vital signs of BP 100/72, P 58, and R 20.   Your ECG is shown below:    

The most time-sensitive and important aspect of the patient assessment, where life threats are detected and quickly treated, is considered the

When assessing the pupils of your patient, you note they are not equal in size. This condition is called

Choose one of the following terms to write a paragraph about Feudalism, the Crusades, Muhammad . When answering be sure to include information such as: who this person is, what they did that was important, when the lived, where they were from, and what is their historical significance. 

When assessing a patient’s mental status, ‘P’ on the AVPU scale stands for

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