CARE IV FINAL EXAM 100
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS- RASMUSSEN
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