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Title: A patient is brought into the emergency department with chemical burns. Which of Post by: colleen on Dec 28, 2012 A patient is brought into the emergency department with chemical burns. Which of the following should the nurse do to help this patient?
1. Check to see if all of the clothing has been removed and begin flushing the patient’s skin with water. 2. Begin flushing the patient’s clothes and skin with warm water. 3. Do not remove any jewelry. 4. Keep the patient’s contact lenses in place and flush only with warm water. Title: Re: A patient is brought into the emergency department with chemical burns. Which of Post by: robertling on Jan 6, 2013 1 -- After the chemical exposure, the patient’s clothing and jewelry should be removed. The chemical should then be flushed from the skin with copious amounts of cool running water. Jewelry should be removed. Contact lenses should be removed.
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