Kidney transplant patients must take antirejection drugs for ________ to live with the transplanted kidney.

You are transporting an elderly woman who fell in a nursing home and has outward rotation of her left leg. She has a lengthy medical history, including dementia. Currently, she is very quiet and receiving oxygen through a nasal cannula. She also is immobilized to a long spine board. During your reassessment, you note her to be alert but confused, with slightly accelerated respirations and a

strong radial pulse. You also note that her SpO2 has dropped from 97 percent on scene to 91 percent. You should: A) request ALS assistance. B) perform a head-tilt/chin-lift maneuver. C) apply a nonrebreather. D) start positive pressure ventilation.

Which chest injury describes multiple rib fractures that results in a section of chest wall that moves paradoxically with the rest of the rib cage during breathing? (As the person expands the chest, the wound moves internally. As the person s rib cage returns to the smaller volume, the wound moves outward.)

a. Sucking chest wound b. Lung contusion c. Hemothorax d. Flail chest