Lorraine is a 66 year patient in the burn unit and she is currently experiencing “burn shock.”  She accidentally sat on a bed of hot coal and has a burn on bilateral buttocks.  Your Clinical Instructor informs you that you will be taking the Lorraine’s vital signs.  Prior to taking her vital signs, she reports that she has 7/10 pain in her buttocks.  Which of the following is considered Lorraine’s “symptom” and not a “sign”?

Which of the following best describes the normal value for fasting blood glucose?

Your patient had a severe head trauma.  Which of the following pieces of equipment do you expect the patient to have?

This past weekend, you ran your first marathon.  You noticed that after the race, many of the athletes bent forward and placed their hands on their thighs to catch their breath…just like your patients lean forward and rest their arms on their legs when they are feeling short of breath.  Which of the following best describes why this position provides relief for dyspnea?

What is the normal value for hip extension? [BLANK-1]

You have 4 patients exercising in the cardiac rehab gym.  You decide that three of them need to stop exercising.  Which patient IS ALLOWED to continue exercising?

During which part of the gait cycle is the quadriceps contracting eccentrically?

A Central Venous Pressure (CVP) is placed in most of which patient population?

The following three precautions must be followed when the patient has which of the following? Three precautions:  (1) head of bed elevated at least 30 degrees, (2) avoid severe neck flexion, (3) avoid valsalva

Your patient has a temperature of 100.2° F and a WBC of 3,500 mm3.  What is the most appropriate course of action?