Your Patient Appears Awake, but Barely Looks at You When

question 36

Multiple Choice

Your patient appears awake, but barely looks at you when you call his name. His airway is open, and he is breathing at 34 times per minute. He appears cyanotic. Which of the following adjuncts is most appropriate at this point?

• A) Nonrebreather mask
• B) Bag-valve mask
• C) Nasopharyngeal airway
• D) Nasal cannula

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Definitions:

Signal Detection

Signal detection involves the process of identifying and processing sensory stimuli or signals, discerning them from background noise, and making decisions based on that information.

Phantom Limb Sensations

The phenomenon where individuals feel sensations or even pain in a limb or a part of a limb that has been amputated.

Posthypnotic Suggestion

An instruction given to a person under hypnosis that is intended to be acted upon after he or she has awakened from the hypnotic state.

Synesthesia

A condition where one type of sensory stimulus involuntarily prompts the perception of another sense.