A: increase flow of oxygen to patient
***B: notify nurse immediately
C: Assist patient to ambulate
D: Lower head of bed - - ✔✔A PCT is caring for a patient w COPD and is receiving
oxygen therapy. The technician notes
...
A: increase flow of oxygen to patient
***B: notify nurse immediately
C: Assist patient to ambulate
D: Lower head of bed - - ✔✔A PCT is caring for a patient w COPD and is receiving
oxygen therapy. The technician notes that the patient appears restless and is short of
breath. Which of the following actions should the technician take?
A: apply 60-80 compressions per minute, followed by two slow breaths
B: Apply 100 to 120 compressions per minute, followed by four short breaths
***C: Apply 100 to 120 compressions per minute, followed by two slow breaths
D: Apply 60 to 80 compressions per minute, followed by four short breaths - - ✔✔The
patient care technician attended an in-service about performing CPR on a patient.
When performing CPR, which of the following actions should the technician take?
***A: Median cubital
B: Basilic
C: Cephalic
D: Radial - - ✔✔When collecting a venous sample, which of the following sites should
the PCT attempt to draw from first?
A: encourage the patient to enter the hospice program
B: tell the patient that further treatment is not an option
***C: acknowledge the family's concern and notify the nurse
D: recommend alternative treatment options for the patient - - ✔✔A PCT is caring for a
patient who has end-stage pancreatic cancer. The patient's family expresses concern
because the patient has refused admission to the hospice program and is seeking
additional medical treatment. Which of the following actions should the technician take?
A: right sternal border
B: on the amputation site
C: anterior axillary line
***D: left deltoid - - ✔✔A PCT is preparing to obtain a 12-lead EKG for a patient who
had a left arm amputation. In which of the following locations should the technician
attach the left arm lead?
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