ATCN review exam questions with correct
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10 //Signs //and //sx //of //tension //pneumothorax //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //1.chest //pain
2.air //hunger
3.respiratory //distress
4.tachycardia
5.hypotension //
6.tracheal //deviation //away //from //injury
7.unilateral //absence //of //breath //sounds //
8.elevated //hemithorax //w/out //respiratory //movement
9.neck //vein //distention
10.cyanosis //(late //sign)
Signs //and //sx //of //cardiac //tamponade //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //1. //Becks //Triad= //increased
//venous //pressure(distended //neck //veins), //decreased //arterial //pressure(hypotension),
//muffled //heart //tones
2. //PEA
3. //JVD //&/or //Kussmauls //sign
4. //Use //FAST //to //dx
tension //pneumothorax //can //often //be //confused //with //cardiac //tamponade, //how //do //you
//differentiate? //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //Careful //assessment //of //the //pt's //breath //sounds //is
//paramount //to //differentiate //the //two
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10 //Signs //and //sx //of //tension //pneumothorax //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //1.chest //pain
2.air //hunger
3.respiratory //distress
4.tachycardia
5.hypotension //
6.tracheal //deviation //away //from //injury
7.unilateral //absence //of //breath //sounds //
8.elevated //hemithorax //w/out //respiratory //movement
9.neck //vein //distention
10.cyanosis //(late //sign)
Signs //and //sx //of //cardiac //tamponade //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //1. //Becks //Triad= //increased
//venous //pressure(distended //neck //veins), //decreased //arterial //pressure(hypotension),
//muffled //heart //tones
2. //PEA
3. //JVD //&/or //Kussmauls //sign
4. //Use //FAST //to //dx
tension //pneumothorax //can //often //be //confused //with //cardiac //tamponade, //how //do //you
//differentiate? //- //correct //answer(s) //✔✔ //Careful //assessment //of //the //pt's //breath //sounds //is
//paramount //to //differentiate //the //two
