Which of the following patients with respiratory distress is the MOST critically ill?
A) A patient who speaks in five or six word sentences
B) A patient with wheezing in the lower lobes
C) A patient with no breath sounds on auscultation
D) A patient with a pulse oximetry reading of 93 percent
C
Health Professions
You might also like to view...
Following blunt injury to the anterior trunk, a patient is coughing up bright red blood. You should be most suspicious of
A. intra-abdominal bleeding B. gastrointestinal bleeding C. bleeding within the lungs D. severe myocardial damage
Health Professions
The direct Gram stain of expectorated sputum reveals 30 squamous epithelial cells per low power field. You should
A) call the respiratory therapist for an induced specimen. B) reject the specimen and request another one. C) process with the physician's approval. D) process the specimen.
Health Professions