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Title: Which IV fluid solution is a hypotonic solution of sterile water containing 5 percent dextrose by ...
Post by: RICHDANGER123 on Mar 18, 2018
Which IV fluid solution is a hypotonic solution of sterile water containing 5 percent dextrose by volume and is useful in patients who are prone to fluid overload?
 
  A) D5W
  B) Normal saline
  C) D10W
  D) Lactated Ringer's

Question 2

An elderly woman is suffering from a closed head injury after falling down five steps. She is responsive to painful stimuli and is breathing shallowly. When evaluating her airway, you note that she has both upper and lower dentures. Her upper dentures are secure, but her lower dentures are loose. Prior to providing positive pressure ventilation, you would:
 
  A) re-secure the lower dentures.
  B) leave the dentures as you found them.
  C) remove the lower dentures.
  D) remove both the upper and lower dentures.

Question 3

Which IV fluid solution is essentially sterile water with sodium chloride (NaCl) added to equal the amount in the human body?
 
  A) D5W
  B) One-half normal saline (0.45 percent saline solution)
  C) Lactated Ringer's
  D) Normal saline (0.9 percent saline solution)

Question 4

While running in a parking lot, a young boy tripped and fell. He hit his face and mouth on a curb, knocking one of his top front teeth from its socket. Bleeding has been controlled and the tooth found. What instructions would you give your partner when caring for the tooth?
 
  A) Wrap the tooth in dry gauze and put it in a plastic bag placed in cool water.
  B) Scrub the tooth first to get the dirt off of it and then we will put it back in the socket.
  C) Rinse the tooth first then put it in a cup of saline for transport.
  D) Make sure to only touch it by its root when scrubbing the dirt off it.


Title: Which IV fluid solution is a hypotonic solution of sterile water containing 5 percent dextrose by ...
Post by: drewsy20 on Mar 18, 2018
Answer to q. 1

A

Answer to q. 2

C

Answer to q. 3

D

Answer to q. 4

C