You are responsible for leading the triage team at the scene of an explosion at a local shopping mall. Which of the following should be your FIRST action when beginning the triage process?
A) Tag all deceased patients as Black.
B) Task two responders with triaging all children.
C) Ask anyone who can walk to come to you.
D) Ask the treatment officer to prepare to receive patients.
C
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One of the biggest differences between school system and clinical documentation is that with school system documentation is written so that
A) The parents or guardians will understand it B) It will hold up to legal scrutiny C) The client will understand it D) It will hold up to federal scrutiny
An asthmatic patient in severe distress with wheezing and dyspnea is admitted to the emergency department
After a conducting a full assessment and obtaining a pretreatment baseline, you start the patient on albuterol with a small-volume jet nebulizer. You should continue assessing and documenting all appropriate variables before and after each treatment until what point? a. The patient's symptoms are relieved or the peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR)/forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEVl) ex-ceeds 70% of "personal best." b. The patient's wheezing disappears and the intensity of breath sounds decreases. c. The patient's symptoms are relieved or the PEFR/FEVl returns to the predicted nor-mal. d. The patient's SpO2 is above 90% and the PEFR/FEVl returns to the predicted nor-mal.