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Tazate

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Reassessment includes:
 
  A) repeating the primary assessment.
  B) rechecking vital signs and the patient's complaints.
  C) checking on the effects of interventions.
  D) all of the above.

Question 2

Assuming each patient is unresponsive, not breathing, and shows no signs of circulation, in which one of the following situations should attempts at resuscitation be withheld?
 
  A) A self-inflicted gunshot wound has destroyed the face and head above the lower jaw.
  B) The patient's family says that they don't want him hooked up to a machine.
  C) It is not known how long he has been this way (not breathing, no pulse), but his skin is warm.
  D) The nursing home staff states the patient has a do not resuscitate order, but they are not able to find it.



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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

A



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