Nursing the person with deteriorating health

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1. Which one of the following breathing patterns can be seen in a patient with a completely obstructed airway?

  • Orthopnoea
  • See-saw
  • Kussmaul
  • Cheyne-stoke
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2. 22) If you have an unresponsive patient, on cardiac monitor which shows sinus bradycardia, however they have no respirations and no palpable pulse, what rhythm are they in?

  • Pulseless electrical activity
  • Supraventricular tachycardia
  • Still sinus bradycardia
  • Ventricular fibrillation

3. During shock cells produce energy by which method?

  • Simple diffusion
  • Aerobic metabolism
  • Anaerobic metabolism
  • Cellular transport

4. Calculate the MAP for a BP of 130/70.

  • 80
  • 90
  • 60
  • 70

5. You are responding to a call for help and you find a 68 year old man who is lying in bed, unresponsive, with no evidence of trauma. What is the best way to open this patient’s airway?

  • Use a mask while performing ventilation's for the victim
  • Perform a head tilt-chin lift
  • Insert a nasal airway
  • Give abdominal thrusts and then sweep out the mouth

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Dr Peter Yegon

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Nursing a person with deteriorating health requires compassion, timely intervention, continuous monitoring, and personalized care to improve comfort and quality of life.

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