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Your patient has a right chest tube that was placed after thoracotomy. They
report
that is very painful when they cough and request cough medicing. What
should you do?
Teach them to splint their right side when coughing and give pain medicine
Your patient had an unplanned self-extubation. They are now alert and sitting
up.
Their pulse oximetry is 98% on 4 liters face mask. What action should you
prioritize?
A. Inspecting the oral cavity
B. Checking blood pressure and the heart rate*WRONG
C. Administering an albuterol nebulizer
D. Performing an ordered STAT ABG *WRONG
, Your are admitting a patient who is sedated and intubated directly from the
operating room after a major surgery. The anesthesia provider connects
the patient to the ventilator in the ICU room and leaves before entering
orders for the patient's ventilatory settings. How should you proceed?
Contact the ICU intensivist or specialist assigned to the case
For a patient with septic shock, What would you monitor to objectively
determine the effectiveness and need to titrate a dobutamine infusion.
ScVo2
Which of the following actions complies with ventilator acquired pneumonia
(VAP) prevention protocols?
Keep head of bed 30-45 degrees
What assessment tool is needed for a patient who has uncomplicated
retrosternal hemorrhage?
Follow up imaging test
Which condition may cause increased effects from a medication that is mostly
metabolized by the liver?
Hepatitis C