Which of the following trauma patients would be classified as stable?
A) Patient with facial burns and associated hoarseness and stridor
B) Patient who is unconscious, with no ventilations and no pulse
C) Patient with controlled bleeding from a laceration to the right forearm from a glass cut
D) Patient with closed, bilateral femur fractures but adequate ventilations
Question 2
You have been called for a seizure emergency. On scene you find an adult female actively seizing with bystanders attempting to restrain her. You would:
A) place a padded tongue blade into the patient's mouth.
B) loosen any restrictive clothing the patient is wearing.
C) instruct the bystanders to release the patient.
D) have bystanders to continue restraining while you complete the primary assessment.
The general survey includes assessing every patient for signs of distress.
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A medical assistant listening to the patient and physician discuss the patient's care.
Patients unable to stand may be weighed using a chair scale.
Calipers being used to measure body fat on the triceps of a patient.
The Z lens, which was developed by Zaidel to study functional asymmetry in split-brain patients. It ...