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NClaborn

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Your patient is an 11-year-old male quadriplegic who depends on a phrenic nerve stimulator to stimulate contraction of his diaphragm and allow him to breathe. You are called to the home during a thunderstorm that has caused a power outage. Which of the following is the best course of action?
 
  A) Advise dispatch that you will be on the scene indefinitely and ask them to notify the power company that restoring power to this residence is a priority.
  B) Teach the patient's family members how to use the bag-valve-mask device and let them know that they can call you back to the scene if they have any questions or difficulty bagging the patient.
  C) Request a generator from the fire department tactical support division.
  D) Assist his breathing with a bag-valve-mask device, and transport.

Question 2

Where would you place the electrode if you were going to attach the V6 lead to it?
 
  A) Right sternal border, fifth intercostal space
  B) Third intercostal space, midclavicular line on the right thorax
  C) Right leg, just distal to the medial malleolus
  D) Lateral to V5, on the left midaxillary line of the left thorax


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lkanara2

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

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Answer to Question 2

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NClaborn

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Reply #2 on: Jul 2, 2018
Correct answers!


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Reply #3 on: Jul 2, 2018
Great! Please up vote :D


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