The nurse is most suspicious of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency in which patient who presents with jaundice and fatigue after receiving an antimalarial drug?
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The patient is brought to the emergency department following a gunshot wound to the right chest. The patient is noted to have tracheal deviation to the left side with absent breath sounds on the right. Review of the chest radiograph indicates a large amount of free air in the superior chest as well as fluid in the inferior chest. Which procedure is performed first?
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A nurse is caring for a driver in a motor vehicle accident in which the airbags failed to deploy. After being stabilized, the man developed chest pain and becomes hypotensive. The emergency physician suspects cardiac tamponade. The nurse anticipates which treatment for this condition?
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