Your patient has an open chest injury with a sucking chest wound. You have treated his wound appropriately, but you notice that he is having increasing difficulty breathing, and you note that his chest seems to be enlarging. You should:
A) release one edge of the occlusive dressing.
B) press gently on his chest to relieve the pressure.
C) position the patient on his uninjured side.
D) increase the oxygen flow to the nonrebreather mask.
Question 2
A glucometer reads 50 mg/dL. The EMT would recognize this as:
A) high.
B) normal.
C) average.
D) low.
How stomatal pores open and close.
The liver in this photograph was from a deceased patient with an advanced state of cirrhosis.
Patient teaching: ear assessment
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Medical assistants can quickly pull up a patient record when a phone call is received.
Patient Teaching Methods Cont.