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torybrooks

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on: Jul 2, 2018
You are assisting at an accident scene and are asked to apply a dressing over a sucking chest wound on the patient's left anterior chest wall. Which of the following items would you use?
 
  a. A dry sterile gauze dressing
  b. Sterile gauze soaked in sterile water
  c. A clean cravat
  d. Vaseline gauze

Question 2

You have placed an occlusive dressing on a puncture wound on the right side of the chest of a 33-year-old woman. During your ongoing assessment your primary concern is monitoring the injury for:
 
  a. arterial bleeding.
  b. infection at the wound site.
  c. tension pneumothorax.
  d. ecchymosis at the wound site.


bubulittle310@msn.cn

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Reply #1 on: Jul 2, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: d

Answer to Question 2

Answer: c


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