You are assessing a 4-year-old patient whose panicked mother states that she cannot wake him. The child is breathing but his eyes are closed. To best determine the child's mental status, you should first:
A) apply pressure to the child's nail beds.
B) say loudly, "Open your eyes!"
C) ask the mother how long the child has been asleep.
D) determine the child to be unresponsive.
B
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You respond to the scene of an assault, where a 20-year-old man was struck in the chest with a steel pipe. Your assessment reveals that the patient is unresponsive, apneic, and pulseless. The MOST appropriate next intervention is to:
A) perform 5 cycles of well-coordinated CPR. B) look for evidence of a pericardial tamponade. C) immediately assess the patient's cardiac rhythm. D) give 2 minutes of 15 compressions and 2 breaths.
In the later stages of confusion and disorientation, when the patient has little contact with reality, reality orientation is much more effective
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