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B. Apply clean water to burned areas for up to 1-2 minutes
A 16 year old girl is rescued from a
burning house. She has 25% partial
thickness burns, and the burned areas
are hot to the touch. What is the
appropriate treatment?
A. Apply ice to burned areas until cool to
touch
B. Apply clean water to burned areas for
up to 1-2 minutes
C. Apply iced water to burned areas until
cool to touch
D. Do not apply anything to burned areas
other than clean sheets
, D. Cardiogenic shock
A 23 year old female has won the "Let's-
see-who-can-lean-the-farthest-backward-
over- the-second-story-balcony-railing
contest. You arrive to find her boyfriend
standing over her, holding two beers, as
she lies on the grass under the balcony.
She opens her eyes to voice, her skin is
cool, clammy and ashen, respirations are
rapid and shallow, radial pulses are too
rapid to count and thready. There is no
external bleeding. She has flat neck
veins, a normal chest and abdomen and
pelvis. Her boyfriend tells you that she
has some kind of heart problem but he
doesn't know what. Placed on the
monitor, she shows a wide-complex
tachycardia of about 280. What kind of
shock is she suffering?
A. Hypovolemic shock
B. Relative hypovolemic (high-space)
shock
C. Mechanical (obstructive) shock
D. Cardiogenic shock
,
B. Apply clean water to burned areas for up to 1-2 minutes
A 16 year old girl is rescued from a
burning house. She has 25% partial
thickness burns, and the burned areas
are hot to the touch. What is the
appropriate treatment?
A. Apply ice to burned areas until cool to
touch
B. Apply clean water to burned areas for
up to 1-2 minutes
C. Apply iced water to burned areas until
cool to touch
D. Do not apply anything to burned areas
other than clean sheets
, D. Cardiogenic shock
A 23 year old female has won the "Let's-
see-who-can-lean-the-farthest-backward-
over- the-second-story-balcony-railing
contest. You arrive to find her boyfriend
standing over her, holding two beers, as
she lies on the grass under the balcony.
She opens her eyes to voice, her skin is
cool, clammy and ashen, respirations are
rapid and shallow, radial pulses are too
rapid to count and thready. There is no
external bleeding. She has flat neck
veins, a normal chest and abdomen and
pelvis. Her boyfriend tells you that she
has some kind of heart problem but he
doesn't know what. Placed on the
monitor, she shows a wide-complex
tachycardia of about 280. What kind of
shock is she suffering?
A. Hypovolemic shock
B. Relative hypovolemic (high-space)
shock
C. Mechanical (obstructive) shock
D. Cardiogenic shock
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