LATEST QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
(GUARANTEED PASS) | RATED A+
I Wish You the Best in Your Studies and Exam Revision.
You are blessed!
, EMS brings a patient who fell while riding his bicycle. Using the American College of Surgeons
screening guidelines, which assessment finding would prompt the nurse to prepare the patient for
radiologic spine clearance? - Answer>>>Alert with no neurological deficits
The trauma nurse knows that placing a bariatric patient in a "ramped position" provides better
visualization during the insertion of which device? - Answer>>>Endotracheal tube
A 35-year-old male presents with facial trauma after being struck in the face with a baseball. A
teardrop-shaped left pupil is noted on exam. What type of injury is suspected? -
Answer>>>Globe rupture
Caregivers carry a 2-year-old into the emergency department who fell out of a second-story
window. The patient is awake and crying with increased work of breathing and pale skin. Which
of the following interventions has the highest priority? - Answer>>>Padding the upper back
while stabilizing the cervical spine
Which of the following injuries is LEAST likely to be promptly identified? - Answer>>>Bowel
A 49-year-old restrained driver involved in a motor vehicle collision presents to the trauma
center complaining of abdominal, pelvic, and bilateral lower extremity pain. Vital signs are
stable. The nurse can anticipate all of these after a negative FAST exam EXCEPT which of the
following? - Answer>>>Diagnostic peritoneal lavage
Why is a measure of serum lactate obtained in the initial assessment of a trauma patient? -
Answer>>>To gauge end-organ perfusion and tissue hypoxia
During the primary survey of an unconscious patient with multi-system trauma, the nurse notes
snoring respirations. Which priority nursing intervention should be performed next? -
Answer>>>Insert an oropharyngeal airway if there is no gag reflex
Which of the following assessment findings differentiates a tension pneumothorax from a simple
pneumothorax? - Answer>>>Hypotension that worsens with inspiration (pulsus paradoxus)
What is the effect of hypothermia on the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve? -
Answer>>>Hemoglobin does not readily release oxygen for use by the tissues (Left shift)