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sabina

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You arrive at a meat packing plant to find a 30-year-old male cut in the wrist with a sharp knife. The patient appears pale and blood is spurting from the laceration. Your immediate action would be to:
 
  A) assess and manage the airway.
  B) apply direct pressure to the laceration.
  C) provide supplemental oxygen.
  D) check the pulse and blood pressure.

Question 2

You have just assisted in the delivery of an approximately 4 kg newborn whose mother is a rather petite primapara. On assessment, you note that there is no spontaneous movement of the infant's right arm at the shoulder, but he moves the elbow and wrist. He otherwise exhibits vigorous movement and has a 1-minute APGAR score of 9. Which of the following should you suspect?
 
  A) Neonatal abstinence syndrome
  B) Spinal cord damage
  C) Fractured clavicle
  D) Caput succedaneum



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macybarnes

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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

C




sabina

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Reply 2 on: Jul 2, 2018
Excellent


Dominic

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Gracias!

 

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