True or False? You are providing care for a 40-year-old female who fell through a plate glass window. The victim sustained a large wound to her left abdomen and it appears that her abdominal contents are protruding out. You should cover the wound with moist dressings.
ANSWER.
* TRUE.
Health care provider should cover the large wound area of abdomen
with moist dressing for the prevention of drying of abdominal organs.
True or False? You are providing care for a 40-year-old female who fell through a plate...
True or False? You are providing care to a 55-year-old female who fell into some furniture and sustained an injury to her right chest. There is no indication of a spinal injury but the victim is complaining of pain and shortness of breath. She should be placed on her right side.
True or False? You are providing care for a 16-year-old female who fell from a tree about 12 feet to the ground. The victim's left upper leg is bruised and swollen and she appears to have fractured her femur. It also appears that there is significant bleeding. While you are waiting for EMS to arrive, you should immobilize and elevate the leg 8 to 12 inches.
True or False? You are providing care to a 19-year-old male who has been stabbed in the right upper quadrant of his abdomen. The knife is still in place and the victim is in a great deal of pain. Your priority should be to stabilize the object with bulky dressings and place him on his left side with his knees tucked up.
True or False? You are providing care to a 22-year-old female who appears to have broken her left forearm while playing baseball in a public park. The priority of management should be to splint the arm.
True or False? You are providing care to a 12-year-old male who fell off his bicycle, striking his abdomen on the handlebars. He is now crying and complaining of pain in his left upper quadrant. This is an example of blunt trauma.
True or False? You are proving care to a 28-year-old male who fell from his motorcycle and has sustained an open fracture to this right lower leg with the bone protruding through the skin. Your first step in the treatment is to immobilize the leg in the position found.
True or False? You are providing care for a 40-year-old male who dropped a drinking glass in his kitchen. The glass shattered and he sustained a laceration to his right eyelid. Based on this information, you should also suspect a penetrating object in the eye.
Question 12 5 pts You are providing care for a 74 year old female in a nursing home. Her family has expressed concern that they have not been able to see her as much as they would like. They became wooried when she started to lose weight and looked dehydrated. Based on this information, she is likely the victim of elder abuse. O True False DQuestion 13 5 pts You are providing care to a 6 year old female who...
True or False? You are providing care to a 23-year-old male who was struck on the side of the chest with a baseball bat. The victim has pain and is having difficulty breathing. It is clear that the victim has sustained a lung injury and that air has been allowed to build up in the chest cavity, reducing heart and lung function. This is known as a flail chest
True or False? You are providing care to a 33-year-old male patient who was in a motor vehicle collision and has what appears to be a depressed skull fracture. The wound is bleeding profusely. You should control the bleeding with direct pressure