A young male patient has been brought to the emergency department with a knife wound to the abdomen. When the patient's hands are removed from the area of the wound to facilitate assessment, the patient's intestine protrudes from the wound.
How should the nurse respond to this development?
A) Cover the protruding viscera with saline-soaked, sterile gauze.
B) Don sterile gloves and attempt to push the organ back inside the wound.
C) Irrigate the protruding intestine with sterile water or normal saline.
D) Apply a pressure dressing to the wound.
Question 2
A middle-aged man has come to the emergency department because his foot slipped under his lawnmower, causing trauma to all his toes and to the metatarsal region of his foot.
When providing wound care in the emergency room setting, what intervention should the nurse perform?
A) Immediately apply a sterile wound dressing.
B) Irrigate the wound with normal saline.
C) Apply lidocaine to the skin surfaces adjacent to the wound.
D) Apply an ice pack to the patient's wound.
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