Author Question: You are caring for a 5-year-old male with the complaint of difficulty breathing. Your assessment ... (Read 28 times)

cookcarl · **on:** Jul 3, 2018

You are caring for a 5-year-old male with the complaint of difficulty breathing. Your assessment indicates that the patient is tachypneic with labored breathing. To get more information about the patient's respiratory function, which one of the following findings would you recognize as most important?

A) Nasal congestion and runny nose
B) Retractions between the ribs
C) Skin that is hot and dry
D) Systolic blood pressure of 92 mmHg

Question 2

You have arrived on the scene of an assault in which several people have been injured. You are directed to assist another crew with a patient who has been shot once. As you approach, you are told that the patient is breathing erratically and ineffectively. You observe the patient being ventilated with a bag-valve mask while another EMT maintains her airway with the jaw-thrust maneuver. Based on your observation, where might you expect that this patient was shot?

A) Head
B) Lower abdomen
C) Leg
D) Pelvis