Your patient is a 12-year-old boy who ran his arm through a glass window and has an 8-inch laceration on his anterior forearm. You have applied a pressure dressing and bandage, but these have become saturated due to continued bleeding. Which of the following should you do now?
A) Elevate that arm and prepare to apply a tourniquet or consider administering a hemostatic agent.
B) Apply additional dressing material, bandage it in place, and apply pressure to the brachial artery.
C) Remove the pressure dressing and bandage, apply an ice pack to the wound, and bandage it in place with an elastic bandage.
D) Remove the pressure dressing and bandage, apply direct pressure with your gloved hand, and elevate the arm.
Question 2
Lithium is used to treat:
A) bipolar disorder.
B) schizophrenia.
C) depression.
D) personality disorders.
PET scan of the brain in a patient with Alzheimer’s disease.
Empathy draws a more positive response from the patient because it is based on the willingness of th
A visually impaired patient is assisted by a service dog.
Suzuki Harunobu, Two Courtesans, Inside and Outside the Display Window, Japanese.
An example of a medical history sheet to list patient problems.
Jaundice seen in the eyes and the skin of a patient with hepatitis A.