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A 1-year-old presents unconscious and is being ventilated with a bag-mask device.
Ventilation has become progressively more difficult. Which of the following is the
PRIORITY intervention? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Place padding under the shoulders.
A patient arrives to the emergency department intubated and ventilated via a bag-
mask device. EMS reports that the patient fell from a climbing apparatus at school.
Upon assessment, the patient is difficult to ventilate and has absent breath sounds
on the left side. A needle decompression is performed. The nurse anticipates the
PRIORITY will be to - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔insert a chest tube.
An infant presents to the emergency department with feeding intolerance after 3
days of cold-like symptoms. Upon assessment, the infant is found to have an
altered mental status, sunken fontanels and decreased muscle tone. Vital signs are
as follows:
BP 66/30 mmHgHR 198 beats/minRR 50 breaths/minT (rectal) 97.3˚ F (36.3˚ C)
The nurse would suspect what type of shock? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔distributive
,Which of the following requires the MOST emergent evaluation? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔3-year-old whose head is on father's shoulder with vomiting, pale skin, and
tachypnea
Which of the following is the BEST method to assess adequacy of ventilation
during procedural sedation? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔capnography value
An adolescent presents with full- and partial-thickness burns to his hands and face.
He is awake and alert with a hoarse voice. The PRIORITY intervention is to -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔prepare for intubation.
Which of the following is the highest PRIORITY for a patient with heat stroke? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔continuous core temperature monitoring
An adolescent presents after ingesting four tablets of 500-mg acetaminophen and
stating that he "wants to die." The nurse should anticipate - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔referral
to psychiatric services.
An unresponsive 2-year-old presents with gurgling respirations with retractions.
The patient's pulse is present at a rate of 80 beats/min. Which of the following is
the PRIORITY intervention? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Suction the airway.
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, Which federal regulation ensures that a medical screening exam is performed to
determine if an emergent condition exists? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Emergency Medical
Treatment and Active Labor Act
Which of the following age groups are preoperational thinkers and concerned
developmentally with initiative versus guilt? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔preschool
Stridor at rest is a normal finding in which of the following situations? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔tracheomalacia
EMS arrives with a 6-year-old who was an improperly restrained rear-seat
passenger in a head-on collision. The patient complains of diffuse abdominal pain,
nausea, and is tachycardic. Which injury should the nurse MOST suspect? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔small bowel injury
The appropriate method of tick removal within 24 hours is to - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔pull
in a steady slow motion.
A school-aged child with hydrocephalus may present with which of the following
physical findings? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔papilledema
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WITH ALREADY SOLVED CORRECTLY
ANSWERS!! | ASSURED SUCCESS
A 1-year-old presents unconscious and is being ventilated with a bag-mask device.
Ventilation has become progressively more difficult. Which of the following is the
PRIORITY intervention? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Place padding under the shoulders.
A patient arrives to the emergency department intubated and ventilated via a bag-
mask device. EMS reports that the patient fell from a climbing apparatus at school.
Upon assessment, the patient is difficult to ventilate and has absent breath sounds
on the left side. A needle decompression is performed. The nurse anticipates the
PRIORITY will be to - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔insert a chest tube.
An infant presents to the emergency department with feeding intolerance after 3
days of cold-like symptoms. Upon assessment, the infant is found to have an
altered mental status, sunken fontanels and decreased muscle tone. Vital signs are
as follows:
BP 66/30 mmHgHR 198 beats/minRR 50 breaths/minT (rectal) 97.3˚ F (36.3˚ C)
The nurse would suspect what type of shock? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔distributive
,Which of the following requires the MOST emergent evaluation? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔3-year-old whose head is on father's shoulder with vomiting, pale skin, and
tachypnea
Which of the following is the BEST method to assess adequacy of ventilation
during procedural sedation? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔capnography value
An adolescent presents with full- and partial-thickness burns to his hands and face.
He is awake and alert with a hoarse voice. The PRIORITY intervention is to -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔prepare for intubation.
Which of the following is the highest PRIORITY for a patient with heat stroke? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔continuous core temperature monitoring
An adolescent presents after ingesting four tablets of 500-mg acetaminophen and
stating that he "wants to die." The nurse should anticipate - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔referral
to psychiatric services.
An unresponsive 2-year-old presents with gurgling respirations with retractions.
The patient's pulse is present at a rate of 80 beats/min. Which of the following is
the PRIORITY intervention? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Suction the airway.
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, Which federal regulation ensures that a medical screening exam is performed to
determine if an emergent condition exists? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Emergency Medical
Treatment and Active Labor Act
Which of the following age groups are preoperational thinkers and concerned
developmentally with initiative versus guilt? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔preschool
Stridor at rest is a normal finding in which of the following situations? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔tracheomalacia
EMS arrives with a 6-year-old who was an improperly restrained rear-seat
passenger in a head-on collision. The patient complains of diffuse abdominal pain,
nausea, and is tachycardic. Which injury should the nurse MOST suspect? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔small bowel injury
The appropriate method of tick removal within 24 hours is to - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔pull
in a steady slow motion.
A school-aged child with hydrocephalus may present with which of the following
physical findings? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔papilledema
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