When a person experiences a severe electrical shock caused by directly touching the electrical source, the entrance wound is often on the hand and the exit wound:
A. Will be obvious.
B. Is always the body part closes to the ground.
C. May be difficult to find.
D. Will be opposite the body part with the entrance wound.
Answer: C. May be difficult to find.
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Your patient is a 66-year-old female who has regained a pulse after a shock with an AED; however, she remains unresponsive and is not breathing adequately. Which of the following should be done next?
A) Deliver a fourth shock to improve the patient's respiratory status. B) Remove the AED and assist the patient's ventilations with a bag-valve mask and supplemental oxygen, and keep re-assessing the pulse. C) Apply a nonrebreather mask with high-concentration oxygen and keep reassessing the pulse. D) Assist ventilations with a bag-valve-mask device and supplemental oxygen and anticipate that the patient may go back into cardiac arrest.