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renzo156

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You are by the side of a young female college student who is unresponsive. Friends say that she is not a heavy drinker, but tonight she drank an excessive amount of alcohol. She responds to painful stimuli and has snoring respirations. Her respiratory rate is 8 breaths per minute and her radial pulse is weak. Your immediate action would be to:
 
  A) determine if drugs are also involved.
  B) perform the head-tilt/chin-lift maneuver.
  C) administer positive pressure ventilation.
  D) apply oxygen via a nonrebreather mask.

Question 2

The detailed physical assessment is BEST defined as:
 
  A) a careful, thorough process of eliciting the patient's history and conducting an exam.
  B) identifying and correcting immediate life-threatening conditions.
  C) a problem-oriented assessment based on the patient's chief complaint.
  D) detecting trends and determining changes in your patient's condition.


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parshano

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Reply #1 on: Jul 2, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

A


renzo156

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Reply 2 on: Jul 2, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Excellent

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