Which of these patients recovering in the PACU will you need to care for first?
A. 19-year-old with purulent wound drainage after an emergency appendectomy
B. 30-year-old with a heart rate of 108 after having a laparoscopic cholecystectomy
C. 40-year-old who had a thyroidectomy and has a respiratory rate of 10
D. 61-year-old who had a right total hip replacement and is reporting 9/10 hip pain
Question 2
While you are assisting the circulating nurse during an abdominal surgery, the patient's condition changes after the administration of an inhaled anesthetic agent and succinylcholine (Anectine).
Which finding is most important to report to the surgeon?
A. Blood pressure drops from 142/90 to 124/64.
B. Patient's trunk and extremities become rigid.
C. Heart rate drops from 80 to 62 beats/min.
D. Patient does not respond to painful stimulus.
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