Author Question: You are caring for a patient who has been exposed to a nerve agent. Appropriate treatment of this ... (Read 24 times)

Alainaaa8 · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

You are caring for a patient who has been exposed to a nerve agent. Appropriate treatment of this patient would include:

A) epinephrine.
B) adenosine.
C) pralidoxime chloride.
D) albuterol.

Question 2

A patient is in cardiac arrest after being submerged in a pond for 15 minutes. You note that his abdomen is greatly distended and it is very difficult to ventilate him. Which one of the following should you do next?

A) Ventilate more forcibly at a rate of 2024 breaths per minute.
B) Administer chest compressions to evacuate water from the body.
C) Place the patient on his side and firmly press on the abdomen.
D) Administer five abdominal thrusts (Heimlich maneuver).