Your patient is a young adult male with a gunshot wound to the ...

[bclement10]

Your patient is a young adult male with a gunshot wound to the left side of his head. He is unresponsive with snoring respirations. He is breathing 6 times per minute with a pulse rate of 52 and a blood pressure of 192/104 mmHg. His radial pulse is strong and his skin is cool, but not diaphoretic. In addition to in-line manual stabilization of the cervical spine, the first intervention for this patient would be:
 
  A) high-concentration oxygen via nonrebreather mask.
  B) inserting an oropharyngeal airway.
  C) performing a jaw-thrust maneuver.
  D) administering positive pressure ventilation.

Question 2

Which of the following most accurately describes the etiology of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome?
 
  A) Presence of an accessory conduction pathway
  B) Idiopathic
  C) Increased automaticity
  D) Shifting supraventricular pacemaker sites

[trampas]

Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

A