You are transporting a patient who overdosed on medications from a community emergency department (ED) to a large medical center for continued care. In the ED, the patient received two doses of activated charcoal. When performing your reassessment of the patient, which of the following findings would be most concerning?
A) Dark black stool
B) Nausea
C) Red colored stool
D) Diarrhea
Question 2
A 13-day-old infant is suffering from bronchopulmonary dysplasia. His family, along with a home health nurse, called 911 after the child's oxygen saturation began to fluctuate. The home health nurse reports that although the baby is on a ventilator, the nurse has been weaning him to lower intermittent mandatory ventilation settings. The child has a heart rate of 160 bpm and is ventilator dependent with an SpO2 of 86. Lung sounds reveal crackles and rhonchi in the left lung; the child is hot to the touch and has cyanotic extremities and central mottling. You suspect:
A) pneumothorax secondary to bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
B) aspiration secondary to ventilator usage.
C) sepsis secondary to lower respiratory infection.
D) barotrauma secondary to high ventilator pressure settings.
The intermediate-disturbance hypothesis of community organization.
(A) A 62-year-old patient with myxedema exhibiting marked edema of the face and a somnolent look. Th
An open chamber MRI may be more comfortable for the patient, but images may not be as distinct.
ROM exercises on a patient’s wrist: flexion.
Symptoms of a patient in shock.