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The liver is injured ________ percent of the time with penetrating abdominal trauma.

Your patient is a 30-year-old pregnant woman at 36 weeks’ gestation. She was injured in a fall from a horse and is complaining of painful contractions. Her abdomen is tender to palpation over the uterus, and the uterus becomes firm with contractions, but she denies vaginal bleeding. The patient is anxious, but her skin is warm and dry. Her blood pressure is 112/70, her heart rate is 92, and her respirations are 24. Which of the following statements best describes this situation?

All the following are seen in Cushing’s triad, EXCEPT:

Your patient is a 60-year-old female restrained driver involved in a moderate-speed frontal impact collision. When you arrive at the scene, she is sitting up in the driver’s seat with a chief complaint of a burning sensation in her face. You note abrasions from deployment of the airbag. After immobilizing the patient on a long backboard, you begin transport. As you perform a detailed examination, the patient complains of developing right shoulder pain. Which of the following should you suspect?

All of the following are used in the sedation of patients for rapid sequence intubation, EXCEPT:

Which of the following best describes the function of cancellous bone of the medullary canal?

Which of the following is the primary concern in the patient with a hemothorax?

Which of the following is MOST likely to occur as a result of rapid deceleration without actual contact between the patient’s body and the interior of the vehicle?

A nurse caring for a patient with sickle cell disease (SCD) reviews the patient’s laboratory work. Which finding should the nurse report to the provider?

A patient is on a dopamine infusion via a peripheral line. What action by the nurse takes priority for safety?