Author Question: When a person suffers a traumatic wound in an emergency situation, a nurse should do the following ... (Read 61 times)

sjones · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

When a person suffers a traumatic wound in an emergency situation, a nurse should do the following in what order? (Separate letters by a comma and a space as follows: A, B, C, D.)

A. Protect the wound from further injury.
B. Promote hemostasis.
C. Cleanse the wound.
D. Assess the wound.

Question 2

Henry, a 17-year-old patient with a respiratory infection, asks the nurse why some antibiotics are prescribed to be taken every 12 hours and some have to be taken 4 times a day. What is the best response?

A. Antibiotics have different strengths.
B. Some antibiotics are more efficient than others.
C. Newer antibiotics don't have to be taken as frequently.
D. Some antibiotics stay in your system longer than others.

LVPMS · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D, B, C, A

When a patient suffers a traumatic wound, first aid interventions include promoting hemostasis, cleansing the wound, and protecting the wound from further injury.

Answer to Question 2

D
All medications have a biologic half-life, which is the time it takes for the body to lower the amount of unchanged medication by half. A drug with a short half-life (e.g., 2 to 3 hours) needs to be given more frequently than a drug with a longer half-life (e.g., 10 to 12 hours). A medication's half-life does not change with the dose of the medication; its half-life is always the same no matter how much medication is administered.