16.
Before attaching the IV tubing to the catheter hub, you must make sure that all of
the ________ has been removed from the tubing.
a. Air.
b. Fluid.
17.
You are preparing an IV The drip chamber should be:
a. Completely full of fluid.
b. About half full of fluid.
c. Completely empty of fluid.
18.
You have prepared the IV bag and tubing. The casualty has a
saline lock in place. What should you do now?
a. Remove the transparent dressing over the site and connect the tubing to the
saline lock.
b. Remove the transparent dressing over the site and the saline lock device, then
connect the tubing to the catheter hub.
c. Remove the transparent dressing over the site, attach a catheter/needle to the
tubing, and insert the catheter/needle into the saline lock.
d. Insert a catheter/needle through the transparent dressing and the saline lock,
then attach the IV tubing to the catheter/needle unit.
e. Insert a catheter/needle through the transparent dressing and the saline lock,
then remove the needle and attach the IV tubing to the catheter hub.
19.
You have initiated an IV. How should you set the clamp on the IV tubing?
a. Fully open and the fluid in the drip chamber is a steady stream.
b. About half open and the fluid in the drip chamber is flowing fast enough so that
you can barely count the individual drops.
c. About half open and the fluid in the drip chamber is flowing at about 10 drops
per minute.
d. Completely closed.
20.
You have initiated an IV using a site on the casualty's arm and adjusted the flow
rate. What else needs to be done to the IV tubing?
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