Question 7

7.  Your patient is a 31 year old female you are asked to see in the recovery room following a total abdominal hysterectomy that was done for menorrhagia.  Your patient has the following vital signs Temp 40 degrees Celsius, HR 151, and is sweaty. Her BP is 176/80.  Based upon this information, what is the best therapeutic intervention?

A.  Tylenol 975 PR

B.  Motrin 800 mg PR

C.  Dantrolene

D.  Unasyn 3.0 grams IV Piggy Back

Answer and Explanation 6

6.  Choice D is the correct answer.  Patients with mid shaft humerus fractures can get injuries of the radial nerve that can lead to wrist drop.  The median nerve provides sensory innervation and some motor to digits 1-3 and lateral half of the 4th on the volar surface.  It also provides innervation to the tips  of the fingers.  This is the nerve afflicted with carpal tunnel syndrome.  The ulnar nerve supplies the fifth digit and the medial half of the forth digit on the volar and dorsal surface.

Question 6

6.  Your patient is a 24 year old male that presents with the following x ray below. Which of the following nerve injuries have been associated with this type of injury?

A.  Median Nerve

B.  Ulnar Nerve

C.  Axillary Nerve

D.  Radial Nerve