Your patient is a young adult male with a gunshot wound to the left side of his head. He is unresponsive with snoring respirations. He is breathing 6 times per minute with a pulse rate of 52 and a blood pressure of 192/104 mmHg. His radial pulse is strong and his skin is cool, but not diaphoretic. In addition to in-line manual stabilization of the cervical spine, the first intervention for this patient would be:
A) high-concentration oxygen via nonrebreather mask.
B) inserting an oropharyngeal airway.
C) performing a jaw-thrust maneuver.
D) administering positive pressure ventilation.
Question 2
Which of the following most accurately describes the etiology of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome?
A) Presence of an accessory conduction pathway
B) Idiopathic
C) Increased automaticity
D) Shifting supraventricular pacemaker sites
Electrocardiography. (a) Electrodes are placed on the patient’s chest to record the electrical event
Review of Health and Illness over the Adult Years
Written materials can be helpful for the older adult.
Bilateral psoriasis on a patient’s knees.
Areas of sclerosis (see arrows) in the white matter of a patient with MS.
A patient with goiter due to iodine deficiency.