Quiz - Vitals Signs
1. You are removing an intravenous line from a patient's arm. As you pull out the angiocatheter, you notice that a 1 cm piece of it is missing. What do you do?
a. Apply a tourniquet high on the arm, get a stat order for an x-ray.
b. Palpate the arm to locate the missing angiocatheter. Try to slowly push it back toward the intravenous site and out of the arm.
c. Do nothing. Angiocatheter material left in the body will be absorbed by the body after 5 days.
d. Grab a scalpel and do an immediate cut-down at the bedside.
a. Apply a tourniquet high on the arm, get a stat order for an x-ray.
b. Palpate the arm to locate the missing angiocatheter. Try to slowly push it back toward the intravenous site and out of the arm.
c. Do nothing. Angiocatheter material left in the body will be absorbed by the body after 5 days.
d. Grab a scalpel and do an immediate cut-down at the bedside.
