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Multidimensional Care
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Rasmussen NUR 2755 Multidimensional Care IV MDC4 Final Exam Why teach patient to deep breath and cough after surgery
-prevent pneumonia
Normal drainage for surgical site?
-Clear (serous) or pale/red/watery (serosanguineous)
Worrisome sign of post op patient??
-Restlessness
Clearly if patient is presenting to ER with heat exhaustion, what is the priority action of the nurse?
-IV Fluids
Action is patient has bee sting. . if available?
-Epi
Community disaster preparedness, what would be an organization to help?
-*Medical Reserve Corporation*
FEMA
Red Cross DMAT??
-Disaster Medical Assistance Team
Federal employees
License is good in ALL 50 states
How many days of medical supplies should you have if needed for a disaster, just making a disaster plan?
-3 days
Cimetidine for burn patients?? Why??
-Help with gastric ulcers
Triage tags. . . what would we put on them to help??
-Name
Age Injury
(Anything to help identify)
Any treatments we did
Who we can contact/who has been contacted. Triage colors
Gave double dose of medication, what to do first?
-Assess patient
What to do when patient comes back from surgery, and they're declining (rapid, shallow respirations, elevated heart rate, blood pressure dropping), what do you do??
-Call rapid response team
Allergy exposure situation
-more exposure to allergen the more risk to developing a reaction