You arrive on the scene of a popular nightclub to find a 22-year-old woman in custody of the police. Witnesses state she had been taking her clothes off on the dance floor, and when club staff asked her to stop she struck one of them. She is now sitting in the back of the police cruiser crying. She admits to "X-ing." Which of the following physical findings would you not expect to find in this
patient?
A) Tachycardia
B) Anxiety
C) Hypotension
D) Fever
C
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The King airway should NOT be used in patients:
A) with known esophageal disease. B) with prolonged cardiac arrest. C) with a traumatic brain injury. D) who weigh less than 25 kg.
A young boy was running with a pencil and tripped. The pencil impaled the boy's left eye and remains lodged in place. He is in his mother's arms and both are crying hysterically. Appropriate care for the eye would include:
A) carefully removing the pencil from the eye to prevent the loss of vision, then providing immediate transport. B) applying ice to the affected eye to decrease pressure, swelling, and subsequent damage. C) applying gentle pressure to the pencil and eye to prevent movement followed by immediate transport. D) covering both eyes and providing immediate transport.