Author Question: You are assessing an 82-year-old female that has been lost in the woods behind her nursing home for ... (Read 94 times)

casperchen82 · **on:** Jul 3, 2018

You are assessing an 82-year-old female that has been lost in the woods behind her nursing home for several hours on a crisp fall evening. Your pulse oximeter shows her oxygen saturation to be 82 even though she appears to be breathing adequately. In order to ensure an accurate reading you should:

A) warm the patient's hands and try again. B) place the probe on the patient's earlobe.
C) place the probe on the patient's toe. D) try a different pulse oximeter.

Question 2

Which of the following circumstances may result in hypoperfusion?

A) There is external bleeding. B) The heart is damaged.
C) Blood vessels are dilated. D) All of the above