Author Question: You and your partner are preparing to extricate a patient from a car using a vest-type short spine ... (Read 93 times)

karateprodigy · **on:** Jul 3, 2018

You and your partner are preparing to extricate a patient from a car using a vest-type short spine immobilization device. After ensuring that in-line manual spinal stabilization is being maintained, your next instruction should be:

A) Let's get the cervical collar applied before we place the vest.
B) Let's turn the patient toward the door of the car before applying the vest.
C) Let's check his motor, sensory, and pulses in the arms and legs.
D) Let's place the vest on the backboard and carefully move him from the car onto it.

Question 2

When administering oxygen to a hypoxic patient, what signs would seemingly indicate that the patient is improving?

A) The heart rate drops from 120 to 80 beats per minute.
B) The patient becomes more restful and wants to sleep.
C) The blood pressure increases from 136/78 to 150/86 mmHg.
D) The respirations slow from 24 to 22 per minute.