You have arrived on the scene of a stabbing. As you approach the patient, you note that he has removed his shirt and has a single stab wound to the right lower quadrant of the abdomen. At the patient's side, your FIRST action should be to:
A) examine the patient's airway.
B) quickly look for additional stab wounds.
C) provide oxygen via nonrebreather face mask.
D) cover the wound with a nonporous dressing.
Question 2
Swimmer's ear is also known as ________.
A) otitis media
B) otitis externa
C) otitis interna
D) none of the above
Nurses possess a wide variety of experiences which they take into each patient encounter.
Each patient is greeted by the receptionist.
The medical assistant escorts the patient into the examination room.
A patient with exophthalmos.
Palpating the thyroid using a posterior approach
Genomics approach to gene identification following mutagenesis