ATI RN PROCTORED MED SURG EXAM WITH NGN
Despite your attempts to coach a conscious young female's respirations,
she continues to hyperventilate with a ... [Show More] marked reduction in tidal volume.
You should:
explain to her that you will assist her ventilations
Inhalation occurs when the:
diaphragm and intercostal muscles contract and cause a decrease in
intrathoracic pressure.
You are ventilating a patient with a stoma; however, air is escaping
fromthe mouth and nose. To prevent this, you should:
seal the mouth and nose
The of a medication usually dictates the route by which it
willbe administered
form
You are ventilating an apneic woman with a bag-mask device. She has
dentures, which are tight-fitting. Adequate chest rise is present with
eachventilation, and the patient's oxygen saturation reads 96%. When
you reassess the patency of her airway, you note that her dentures are
now loose, although your ventilations are still producing adequate chest
rise. You should:
remove her dentures, resume ventilations, and assess for adequatechest
rise
A 62-year-old male presents with crushing chest pain, which he
describes as being the same kind of pain that he had with a previous
heart attack. Hehas prescribed nitroglycerin but states that he has not
taken any. After administering 100% oxygen and contacting medical
control, you should:
assist him with his nitroglycerin unless his systolic blood pressure is less
that 100 mm Hg
Which of the following statements regarding oxygen is correct?
Oxygen supports the combustion process and may cause a fire
A 37-year old male has an apparent foreign body airway obstruction. He
is conscious and alert and is coughing forcefully. His skin is pink, warm,
and moist. The MOST appropriate treatment for this patient includes:
encouraging him to cough and transporting
Which of the following factors will cause a decreased minute volume in an
adult?
shallow breathing
The MOST serious complication associated with using a nasopharyngeal
airway in a patient with trauma to the head or face is:
penetrating the cranium
You are treating a middle-aged man with chest discomfort. He has a history
of three previous heart attacks and takes nitroglycerin as needed for chest
pain. You have standing orders to administer aspirin to patients with
suspected cardiac-related chest pain or discomfort. While your partner is
preparing to give oxygen to the patient, you should:
confirm that the patient is not allergic to aspirin, give him the appropriate
dose of aspirin, and document the time and dose given
Subcutaneous injections deliver the medication:
Between the skin and the muscle
While eating dinner, your partner suddenly grabs his throat and has a
panicked look on his face. He has a weak cough, faint inspiratory stridor,
and cyanosis around the lips. You should:
stand behind him and administer abdominal thrusts
Advil, Nuprin, and Motrin are brand (trade) names for the
genericmedication:
ibuprofen
A 37-year-old male is found unconscious in his car. His airway is patent
and his respirations are rapid and labored. As you and your partner are
assessing and treating the patient, a police office hands you a medication
named Alupent, which he found in the backseat of the patient's car. This
medication suggests that the patient has a history of:
asthma
Which if the following is the MOST rapidly acting medication
administrationroute?
intravenous (IV)
You are dispatched to a residence where a middle-aged man was found
unconscious in his front yard. There are no witnesses who can tell you
what happened. You find him in a prone position; his eyes are closed and
he is not moving. Your FIRST action should be to:
Log roll him as a unit to a supine position
You arrive at a residence approximately 20 minutes after a 7-year-old boy,
who weighs 22 kg, ingested a bottle of Advil. He is conscious and alert and
has stable vital signs. Medical control orders you to administer activated
charcoal and oxygen and then transport the child at once. The appropriate
maximum dose of activated charcoal for this child is:
44 g
You are treating a 45-year-old woman who was stung by a hornet and has
a rash. She tells you that she is allergic to hornets and has her own
epinephrine auto-injector. She also tells you that she takes medication for
hypertension. Her breath sounds do not reveal any wheezing, her
breathingis unlabored, and her blood pressure is 154.94 mm HG. What
would you doif you are not able to make contact with medical control?
Give her oxygen, transport her to the hospital, and monitor her
condition en route
You and your partner are caring for a critically injured patient. Your
partneris controlling severe bleeding from the patient's lower extremities
as you attempt ventilations with a bag-mask device. After respositioning
the maskseveral times, you are unable to effectively ventilate the patient.
You should:
begin ventilations using the mouth-to-mask technique
Irregular respirations characterized by an increasing rate and depth of
breathing followed by periods of apnea are called:
Cheyne-Stokes respirations
Which if the following patients would MOST likely require insertion of an
oropharyngeal airway?
a 40-year-old unconscious patient with slow, shallow respirations
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