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The ER nurse receives a radio call from an ambulance transporting a patient who suffered chest trauma and has a severe flail chest. The nurse ensures that which of the following items needed for definitive treatment of this problem is in the treatment area being set up for this patient’s arrival?

The nurse would determine that a patient with fractured ribs needs further self-care teaching if which of the following statements is made by the patient?

A nurse is suctioning a mechanically ventilated patient’s airway using in-line suctioning. When using this method, it is most appropriate for the nurse to 

Patients with musculoskeletal injury are at increased risk for compartment syndrome. What is an initial symptom of a suspected compartment syndrome?

A nurse in an emergency department is caring for a client who has a sucking chest wound resulting from a gunshot. The client has a blood pressure of 100/60 mm Hg, a weak pulse rate of 118/min, and a respiratory rate of 40/min. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A patient’s status worsens and needs mechanical ventilation. The pulmonologist wants the patient to receive 10 breaths/min from the ventilator but wants to encourage the patient to breathe spontaneously between the mechanical breaths at his own tidal volume. This mode of ventilation is called

Mrs. L develops a hemothorax and the physician inserts a chest tube, which is connected to a dry suction drainage system. In the next hour, 500 ml of blood drains. Which of the following actions by the nurse is most appropriate?

The patient’s low pressure alarm is sounding. What is the nurse’s first action?

The nurse assesses the client receiving oxygen via a partial rebreather mask. The nurse will intervene for which assessment finding?

The nurse calculates the PaO2/FiO2 ratio for the following values: PaO2 78 mmHg, FiO2 60%. What conclusion can the nurse draw from this data?