Emergency Flashcards
You encourage the patient to keep coughing, after about 30 seconds he stops coughing and begins turning blue. The patient immediately goes unconscious and is laying on the bed in front of you what are the appropriate steps to manage this patient
Call for help, have the staff members call 911, begin CPR
A patient is eating dinner at his or her bed. The patient begins coughing forcibly and turns red after taking a bite of food. What should you do immediately
Encourage the patient to keep coughing, and make sure the bed is in an upright position
The staff calls 911, are you now finishing a set of 30 compressions, it looks as if some food is coming out of the patient’s mouth, what should you do
Try and remove the food that you can visualize with your finger sweep and then try to ventilate the patient with the bag valve mask
You give tuberose with the bag valve mask and you see a good chest rise what is the next thing you should do
Check for a pulse begin chest compressions if pulse is absent
You check for a pulse and there is no pulse, you immediately begin chest compressions again, you are going to do CPR at a ratio of 30 compressions to two breaths, you are going to perform this for two minutes what should we do next
Consider defibrillation with an AED
You are having a fellow staff member continue chest compressions for you, I know stuff member comes into the room with an AED and applies the pads you immediately turn on the AED it states that it is analyzing heart rhythm, and asks you to shock. You ask everybody to step away from the patient, everyone is cleared and you shock what is the next step
Begin chest compressions
A patient has slipped and fallen off of his or her bed, the patient is screaming, what should you do
Call for help, call 911, try to calm the patient, stabilize their head and spine
You are doing your rounds, you walk into one of your patients rooms and you noticed that her pulse oximetry reading 78%, the patients is on 2 L of oxygen via nasal cannula, what are the first things you should do
Make sure the patient is sitting upright and that her oxygen is attached and working properly
A patient has gone into cardiac arrest and is not breathing, one of the other CNA says that the patient has a DNR order what does that mean
This is a do not resuscitate order and legally requires healthcare workers to not resuscitate the patient. This document is legally binding and it is the right of the patients
A patient of yours is breathing at a rate of 32 and the patients pulses is over 134 would you consider this an emergency
Yes. This means that the vital signs are unstable and should be treated immediately
