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berenicecastro

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While you are performing a secondary assessment, your trauma patient complains of the sudden onset of difficulty breathing. Which of the following is your most appropriate response?
 
  a. Make a mental note and continue with the assessment.
  b. Stop the assessment and provide appropriate care.
  c. Reassess the patient, beginning with the head.
  d. Reevaluate the mechanism of injury.

Question 2

Which of the following actions should you take during a secondary assessment of a 45-year-old female with a severe headache?
 
  a. Assess from head to toe, obtain a SAMPLE history, and obtain vital signs
  b. Reassess vital signs, open the airway, and obtain OPQRST information
  c. Continue emergency care, obtain the chief complaint, and gather a SAMPLE history
  d. Assess the head, reevaluate vital signs, and continue emergency care


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

Answer: b

Answer to Question 2

Answer: a


berenicecastro

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Reply 2 on: Jul 2, 2018
Gracias!

abro1885

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

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