Author Question: A 10-year-old boy with hemophilia A slipped on the ice and bumped his knee. Which emergency measure ... (Read 81 times)

kshipps · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

A 10-year-old boy with hemophilia A slipped on the ice and bumped his knee. Which emergency measure would you teach him to do at home?

A) Apply a tourniquet to decrease blood flow to the area.
B) Begin an intravenous infusion of factor VIII.
C) Administer an injection of factor X.
D) Apply a warm compress to increase blood absorption.

Question 2

While caring for a woman who underwent a primary cesarean section for a breech presentation, she states this baby seems to have so much more mucus than her first baby. Concerned, she asks why this has happened. How should the nurse respond?

A) Babies born by cesarean section have more respiratory complications because they do not have the benefit of having the mucus in their lungs removed by the pressure experienced in the birth canal.
B) There is no scientific reason for this occurrence.
C) All babies are different so it is unwise to make comparisons.
D) The pain medication given during the surgery may have contributed to the mucus build up.