Question 20 - Respiratory Practice Test for the CCRN

A patient presents to an acute care facility with severe respiratory distress, hemoptysis, stridor, progressive dysphonia, and subcutaneous emphysema. A CT scan shows that the patient has a small tracheal perforation. Which action should the nurse perform first?

Hint

Be sure to consider describing words like first, next, before, and after in questions. They indicate that there is one particular correct answer, even if the other answer choices may be related to the question.

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