You have arrived on the scene of a stabbing. As you approach the patient, you note that he has removed his shirt and has a single stab wound to the right lower quadrant of the abdomen. At the patient's side, your FIRST action should be to:
A) examine the patient's airway.
B) quickly look for additional stab wounds.
C) provide oxygen via nonrebreather face mask.
D) cover the wound with a nonporous dressing.
Question 2
Swimmer's ear is also known as ________.
A) otitis media
B) otitis externa
C) otitis interna
D) none of the above
Patient teaching: neck assessment
Historian James Merrell notes several errors in Benjamin West’s famous 1771 painting, William Penn’s
Algorithm for assessing a patient at risk for suicide.
Patient with rheumatoid arthritis.
Inadequate Airway, Breathing and Circulation in the Trauma Patient (Part 3)