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Your patient is a 16-year-old male who was ejected from an all-terrain vehicle and struck his head on a large rock. He was not wearing a helmet. He is unresponsive with shallow, irregular respirations; a blood pressure of 170/110 mmHg; and a heart rate of 50 beats per minute. Which of the following interventions would be MOST appropriate?
 
  A) Insert an oropharyngeal airway (OPA) and ventilate via bag-valve mask (BVM) at 30 breaths per minute.
  B) Insert an oropharyngeal airway and give oxygen by nonrebreather mask at 10 lpm.
  C) Insert an oropharyngeal airway and ventilate via bag-valve mask at 20 breaths per minute.
  D) Insert a nasopharyngeal airway and give oxygen by nonrebreather mask (NRB) at 15 lpm.

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A high risk of infection is not seen in all patients with decreased immune response.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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asan beg

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Reply 2 on: Jul 2, 2018
Gracias!


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Wow, this really help

 

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