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Your patient is a 15-year-old male with a history of multiple prior hospitalizations for asthma. Upon your arrival the patient responds only to painful stimuli and is making very weak respiratory effort. Which of the following should you do next?
 
  A) Assist the patient with his inhaler.
  B) Check the patient's oxygen saturation level.
  C) Assist the patient's ventilations with a bag-valve-mask device and supplemental oxygen.
  D) Contact medical control.

Question 2

A young female pedestrian was hit by a car and thrown 15 feet, striking her head against a metal guardrail. You start your secondary assessment and note a deep depression to the right parietal area of her head with intact skin overlying the area. You should:
 
  A) note the injury and continue assessing the patient.
  B) apply an ice pack to the injured area.
  C) gently palpate the depression to determine the possibility of a skull fracture.
  D) instruct your partner to hyperventilate the patient with a bag-valve mask.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 3, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

A


colton

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Reply 2 on: Jul 3, 2018
:D TYSM

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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