Exam 20: Medical Emergencies

You have come upon a motor vehicle accident as the first person to arrive.As you assess the victim's level of consciousness,you begin to ask questions and encourage the victim to respond.During your efforts to do so,the victim has no verbal response to any stimuli,but his leg moves with your touch and pinch.This person demonstrates what level of consciousness?

A 16-year-old patient comes to the diagnostic imaging department for a CT examination.He is lying on the table in a supine position and suddenly seems to lose consciousness and begins to move violently,with jerking motions.You realize that he is having a generalized seizure.The action that you must take is

When performing CPR on a patient,who is lying supine in a patient bed with a soft mattress,you would first look for what item from the emergency crash cart?

A common name for an emergency cart within medical imaging is the _____ cart.

When comparing hyperglycemia with hypoglycemia,hyperglycemia

What type of shock is caused by loss of blood from a knife or gunshot wound?

An effective method to handle a patient with an asthmatic attack during a radiographic procedure would be to

It is acceptable to discontinue CPR on a person when

When performing CPR as a single rescuer,

Symptoms of a head injury include

CPR performed on an infant

All of the following are related except

As you are radiographing a patient from the emergency department who has a knife wound to the upper extremity,you notice that his wound dressing is becoming saturated with blood quickly,and he is getting lightheaded.You should

Which of the following is most appropriate for a patient to counteract hypoglycemia?

When caring for a patient with epistaxis,the patient

What is the first thing you should do if a patient who is standing turns pale and says he feels dizzy?

The type of shock that is a result of severe loss of blood is

After the administration of an iodine-based contrast into a patient,it is important for the technologist to observe the patient for

The single most important action for the radiographer when administering emergency care is

A disorganized cardiac rhythm in which the ventricle "flutters" and loses cardiac output is called