A method of assessing compromise to an extremity when a musculoskeletal injury is suspected is to learn and follow the six Ps. Which of the items below is NOT one of the six Ps?
A) Pain B) Parenthesis C) Paresthesia D) Pallor
B
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Toll-free telephone numbers typically begin with all of the following except:
A) 1-800. B) 1-900. C) 1-888. D) 1-866.
A surgical resident has asked that you assist in an elective tracheotomy procedure on an orally intubated patient. Which of the following would be an appropriate action?
a. Remove the oral tube just before trache-ostomy tube insertion. b. Remove the oral tube before the trache-otomy is performed. c. Pull the oral tube only after the trache-ostomy tube is placed. d. Withdraw the oral tube 2 to 3 in while the incision is made.
Which of the following would be considered an opportunistic infection?
A) A cancer patient contracts pneumonia after completing radiation treatments. B) A young child comes down with chicken pox after exposure at school. C) A patient gets a skin infection while healing from a full thickness burn. D) An unimmunized carpenter contracts tetanus after stepping on a rusty nail.
A(n) ________ fracture is commonly seen in children in areas where the matrix is undergoing calcification and the chondrocytes are dying.
A. epiphyseal B. compression C. Pott D. Colles