« previous next »

Author Question: You respond to a 30-month-old patient who has passed out. Is the patient's blood pressure important ... (Read 313 times)

azncindy619

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 562
on: Jul 3, 2018
You respond to a 30-month-old patient who has passed out. Is the patient's blood pressure important to your treatment and why?
 
  A) Yes, blood pressure must be taken on everyone because without it we cannot impact the patient's field management.
  B) Yes, blood pressure can be taken on children because it is the only way we can understand the patient's condition.
  C) No, blood pressure taken on children younger than age 3 can cause damage to the tender tissues of the arm that could lead to hypertension in later life.
  D) No, blood pressure taken on children younger than age 3 is difficult and has little impact on the patient's field management.

Question 2

Which one of the following is the best means by which hypoglycemia can be differentiated from hyperglycemia?
 
  A) Determine the rate at onset.
  B) Examine the signs and symptoms.
  C) Analyze the vital signs.
  D) Evaluate the patient's blood sugar.


Ahnyah

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 336
Reply #1 on: Jul 3, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

D


Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
« previous next »
 

Did you know?

Stroke kills people from all ethnic backgrounds, but the people at highest risk for fatal strokes are: black men, black women, Asian men, white men, and white women.

Did you know?

The Babylonians wrote numbers in a system that used 60 as the base value rather than the number 10. They did not have a symbol for "zero."

Did you know?

About 3% of all pregnant women will give birth to twins, which is an increase in rate of nearly 60% since the early 1980s.

Did you know?

Adult head lice are gray, about ? inch long, and often have a tiny dot on their backs. A female can lay between 50 and 150 eggs within the several weeks that she is alive. They feed on human blood.

Did you know?

There are major differences in the metabolism of morphine and the illegal drug heroin. Morphine mostly produces its CNS effects through m-receptors, and at k- and d-receptors. Heroin has a slight affinity for opiate receptors. Most of its actions are due to metabolism to active metabolites (6-acetylmorphine, morphine, and morphine-6-glucuronide).

Measuring Patient Height Measuring Patient Height
Deliver abdominal thrusts to the supine unconscious patient. Deliver abdominal thrusts to the supine unconscious patient.
Instructing a Patient to Use Crutches Correctly Instructing a Patient to Use Crutches Correctly
A typical oil pressure sending unit on a Ford V-8. A typical oil pressure sending unit on a Ford V-8.
Blood pressure Blood pressure
Deducing fetal genome sequences from maternal blood Deducing fetal genome sequences from maternal blood
Video: Gastrin (gastric emptying) & Secretin (buffering gastric acid)

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library