EMERGENCY NURSING LIPPINCOTT- CHAPTER 2 CARDIOVASCULAR EMERGENCIES questions with correct answers

Which drug shouldn't be given by way of an endo- tracheal (ET) tube? [ ] A. Atropine [ ] B. Sodium bicarbonate [ ] C. Epinephrine (Adrenalin) [ ] D. Lidocaine (Xylocaine) - Answer B A client has the following symptoms: dyspnea, dependent edema, hepatomegaly, crackles, and dis- tended jugular veins. The nurse should suspect which condition? [ ] A. Pulmonary embolism [ ] B. Heart failure [ ] C. Cardiac tamponade [ ] D. Tension pneumothorax - Answer B A client arrives in the emergency department com- plaining of nausea, diaphoresis, shortness of breath, and squeezing substernal pain that radiates to the left shoulder and teeth. The nurse should perform which intervention? [ ] A. Complete registration, order an electrocardio-