Your patient is a 23-year-old female who is 30 weeks pregnant. She choked on some cheese while eating a piece of pizza. When asked if she can speak, she replies yes, although with some difficulty. Your next step should be to:
A) perform a series of abdominal thrusts.
B) perform a series of chest thrusts.
C) ask the patient to cough as hard as she can.
D) attempt to remove the bolus of cheese with Magill forceps.
Question 2
A seven-year-old boy has a hematoma on the back of his head after falling from a retaining wall and striking his head on the pavement. You should be most concerned with:
A) potential injury to the brain.
B) whether his tetanus immunization is up to date.
C) bleeding from the hematoma.
D) infection of the wound.
Patient receiving ultrasound treatment to the left elbow.
Teaching patient discharge instructions
An ultrasound being performed on a patient.