Author Question: After you apply an occlusive dressing to a sucking chest wound, your patient's breathing becomes ... (Read 250 times)

ts19998 · **on:** Jul 3, 2018

After you apply an occlusive dressing to a sucking chest wound, your patient's breathing becomes more labored and shallow, she becomes anxious, and her heart rate increases. Also, her skin is becoming mottled and sweaty. You should:

A) lift a corner of the occlusive dressing.
B) insert a needle into her chest.
C) apply firm direct pressure over the top of the occlusive dressing.
D) replace the occlusive dressing with a thick, absorbent dressing.

Question 2

A progressive, degenerative disease that attacks the brain and results in impaired thinking is:

A) Crohn's disease. B) emphysema. C) Alzheimer's. D) urticaria.