): Multidimensional Care IV / MDC 4 - Rasmussen
NUR 2755 Multidimensional Care IV
MDC4 FINAL EXAM
what are the treatments for frostbite in the ED?
- Warm saline, immerse hands/feet in warm water, elevate affected
limbs, have them rub their hands together
Priority treatment for pt with a heat stroke
- Move them out of the sun, into shade
First priority assessment
, - Airway
Pt with a head injury & are arousable, what is one intervention the pt can
do themselves to reduce ICP?
- Exhaling during repositioning
Characteristics of CSF, what does it test for?
- Clear w/ a yellow halo; tests positive for glucose
How can we limit autonomic dysreflexia?
- Routine bowel & bladder program
Evaluating a pt for a spinal cord injury; which of the following would indicate
shock?
- Flaccid paralysis
Can restraints be used if a pt had a seizure?
- No
Pt with hemianopia, what do we recommend to help overcome their deficit?
- Scanning back & forth
, Best thing to teach pt w/ Myasthenia gravis, regarding their medications
- Continue taking meds to maintain blood level
Pt w/ Parkinson's w/ bradykinesia--what to teach them for getting out of a
chair?
- Rock back & forth