Chapter 69: Nursing Management: Emergency‚ Terrorism‚ and Disaster Nursing Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. During the primary assessment of a victim of a motor vehicle collision‚ the nurse determines that the patient is breathing and has an unobstructed airway. Which action should the nurse take next? a. Palpate extremities for bilateral pulses. b. Observe the patient’s respiratory effort. c. Check the patient’s level of consciousness. d. Examine the patient for any external bleeding. ANS: B Even
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improve circulation in damaged heart muscles. He also developed ways to revive heart attack victims‚ including the defibrillator and CPR (AED). In 1947‚ Beck successfully defibrillated his first patient‚ a 14-year-old boy whose heart went into fibrillation after an operation. The defibrillator used on this patient was made by James Rand‚ a friend of Beck. It had silver paddles (the size of large tablespoons) that were used in
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Effect of Exercise on Heart Rate. Aim: The aim of this experiment is to find out how different intensities of exercise effect the heart rate I will measure it in beats per minute using a polar heart rate monitor. Hypothesis: I predict that as I increase the intensity of the exercise I do‚ that my heart rate will increase. This is because as I exercise more intensely I will need more blood to my muscles to supply oxygen and take away carbon dioxide; therefore my heart is going to have to beat
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STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY‚ ETIOLOGY‚ DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT. Roberto Carmona Florida International University Abstract: Steven Johnson Syndrome is an inmune disease charactherized by a detachment of the epidermis from dermis. It could be fatal and the pathophysilogy involves a complex hypersensitivity reaction with the participation of T lymphocytes that induce keratinocyte’s apoptosis. The syndrome can be cause by drigs‚ infections and malignancies. The diagnosis
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Burn Burn | Classification and external resources | Second-degree burn of the hand | A burn is a type of injury to flesh caused by heat‚ electricity‚ chemicals‚ light‚ radiation or friction. Most burns affect only the skin (epidermal tissue and dermis). Rarely‚ deeper tissues‚ such as muscle‚ bone‚ and blood vessels can also be injured. Burns may be treated with first aid‚ in an out-of-hospital setting‚ or may require more specialized treatment such as those available at specialized burn
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pressure then returns to normal. Blood pressure can be lowered by the actions of artrial natriutretic peptide (ANP) hormone. Atrial natrriuretic hormones are a protein and a vasodilator‚ which is released by heart muscle cells. The hormone is involved in maintaining the homeostatic control of water and sodium a constant. Cells in the atrial chamber of the heart release Atrial natriuretic when the body senses high blood pressure. The hormone acts to lower blood pressure by reducing the water and sodium
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duration of S’s chronic health challenge with Crohns‚ P has been the family resource/caregiver. P is an RN who works with many clients with chronic illness. They both feel B’s experience in nursing brings a great deal of skill‚ knowledge about pathophysiology‚ medication administration‚ side effects and coping strategies that enable them to self-manage his disease and enable them adapt to the demands living with illness. B herself suffers from an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks
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What are the major differences between gestational hypertension‚ preeclampsia and eclampsia? Pregnancy-induced hypertension is a rise in blood pressure‚ without proteinuria‚ during the second half of pregnancy. Pre-eclampsia is a multisystem disorder‚ unique to pregnancy‚ that is usually associated with raised blood pressure and proteinuria. It rarely presents before 20 weeks’ gestation. Eclampsia is one or more convulsions in association with the syndrome of pre-eclampsia. (Duley‚ L. (2008)
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Print Form E X E R C I S E 6 Frog Cardiovascular Physiology O B J E C T I V E S 1. To list the properties of cardiac muscle as automaticity and rhythmicity‚ and to define each. 2. To explain the statement‚ “Cardiac muscle has an intrinsic ability to beat.” 3. To compare the relative length of the refractory period of cardiac muscle with that of skeletal muscle‚ and to explain why it is not possible to tetanize cardiac muscle. 4. To define extrasystole‚ and to explain
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does not account for the negative symptoms of schizophrenia. Further‚ using the study of a second generation antipsychotic or atypical antipsychotic‚ aripiprazole‚ it would elucidate that other neurotransmitter systems may be involved in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. The early dopamine hypothesis had focused on excessive dopamine neurotransmission as the main aetiology of schizophrenia. This was supported when positive symptoms of the illness and other psychotic behaviors in patients were
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