Diabetic Ketoacidosis has the following signs and symptoms; Acetone on breath, dry skin, poor skin tugor, altered mental status, confusion, thirst and frequent urination. What other symptoms are associated with DKA?
Your patient is a 35-year-old trauma victim who is not breathing. You are unable to open the airway by means of the jaw thrust and suctioning. You should:
You patient is a 17 year old male found face down in a swimming pool. He is currently being help face up at the surface of the water, he is unconscious but breathing and has a pulse. What is the best course of action for this patient.
While interviewing a patient with a complaint of an allergic reaction, your partner asks, "What is new and different?" most patients with an allergy must be exposed to the allergen at some point, what is the process called?
Loss of tissue in a traumatic event can either be just soft tissue, a portion of or an entire extremity. Loss of tissue or a flap type laceration is called an avulsion, if your patient has lost the distal 1/3 of a lower extremity what would that injury be called?
