You are treating a patient with an abdominal evisceration. You should:
A) replace the protruding organs, cover with a sterile dressing moistened with sterile saline, and an occlusive dressing.
B) do not replace the protruding organs, cover with a dry sterile dressing, and an occlusive dressing.
C) do not replace the protruding organs, cover with a sterile dressing moistened with sterile saline, and an occlusive dressing.
D) replace the protruding organs, cover with a dry sterile dressing, and an occlusive dressing.
Question 2
You are called for a 20-year-old college student with 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.
Abdominal Configurations
Protective devices: A, abdominal binder; B, arm sling.
Stained section of cerebral cortex from autopsy of a patient with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Caring for a patient on isolation precautions cont'd
Deliver abdominal thrusts to the supine unconscious patient.