Your patient is a 38-year-old female with a history of Crohn's disease. She is conscious and alert and complaining of abdominal pain. She describes a one-week history of increasingly diffuse, crampy abdominal pain. She also states that she has had nausea and vomiting, fever, and diarrhea the past two days. Physical examination reveals that her skin is warm and dry and that her abdomen is tender to palpation in all quadrants with no masses or distension noted. HR = 100, BP = 118/78, RR = 14, SaO2 = 99. Which of the following treatments is appropriate in the prehospital management of this patient?
A) Diphenydramine
B) Ketorolac (Toradol)
C) Methylprednisolone
D) Antiemetics
Question 2
In an awake patient with gastric distension, the ___________________ ___________________ __ approach to decompression is generally preferred.
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
The nitrogen cycle. Numbers represent fluxes as 1012 g N per year (data from Schlesinger 1991, after
Patient having glaucoma test.
A medical assistant helps a patient walk with a gait belt.
Aquamatic pad and heating unit provide dry heat treatment to a patient’s arm.
Procedures and Diagnostic Tests Related to the Female Reproductive System
Female Reproductive System