Author Question: You are called for a 20-year-old college student respiratory distress. Of the following information, ... (Read 26 times)

Melani1276 · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

You are called for a 20-year-old college student respiratory distress. Of the following information, which would MOST likely indicate a possible pneumothorax?

A) He has had a fever and coughing for two or three days.
B) He has just returned from the Asia and is having night sweats.
C) He has a rescue inhaler that he uses when he needs it.
D) He began having shortness of breath after lifting a heavy object.

Question 2

Which of the following patients with respiratory distress is the MOST critically ill?

A) A patient who speaks in five or six word sentences.
B) A patient with wheezing in the lower lobes.
C) A patient with no breath sounds on auscultation.
D) A patient with a pulse oximetry reading of 93percent.