If you discover minor external bleeding during your primary assessment of a patient, you should:
A) stop your assessment and take the patient's blood pressure.
B) establish a large-bore IV line immediately.
C) stop your assessment and control the bleeding.
D) make note of it and continue your assessment
Answer: D) make note of it and continue your assessment
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Your patient is an infant being treated for bronchopulmonary dysplasia. He is being weaned off his respirator by a process called intermittent mandatory ventilation. When you arrive, you find the infant obviously hypoxic and sick-looking. Which of the following treatments is indicated?
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