Your patient is an alcoholic who stopped drinking three days ago. Which of the following should concern you the most in the care of this patient?
A) Abdominal cramps
B) Command hallucinations
C) Hypothermia
D) Potential for seizures
Question 2
You are transporting an alert and oriented male who sustained severe abdominal trauma in an assault. The primary survey indicates a patent airway with respirations between 22 to 24 a minute. He has a rapid and weak radial pulse of 144 beats per minute and his skin is pale and cool. The blood pressure is 106/84 and SpO2 94. Best management of the respiratory and oxygenation parameters would include:
A) positive pressure ventilation.
B) high-concentration oxygen through a nonrebreather.
C) application of a nasal cannula at 4 liters per minute O2.
D) encouraging the patient to slow his respirations.
Taking a Patient’s Temperature with a Tympanic Thermometer
Teaching patient discharge instructions
The effectiveness of patient education
Providing patient education
Toxoplasma gondii in the heart of an HIV patient.