Your Patient Is a 30-Year-Old Machinist Who Had His Right

question 6

Multiple Choice

Your patient is a 30-year-old machinist who had his right hand caught in a press. Upon extrication, there is no evidence of significant trauma. You should:

• A) splint the hand in the position found, elevate above the heart, apply ice.
• B) splint in position of function, start an IV of normal saline, consider morphine for analgesia.
• C) wrap the hand in a bulky dressing held in place by an elastic bandage.
• D) apply oxygen by nonrebreather, splint using a sling and swath, insert a large-bore IV of lactated Ringer's.

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