Your paramedic partner has applied continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) to a patient in respiratory distress from congestive heart failure (CHF). As an EMT, you realize that this treatment should benefit the patient by:
A) Collapsing portions of the diaphragm
B) Causing the diaphragm to relax during inspiration
C) Removing air from the lungs during exhalation
D) Displacing fluid in the alveoli back into the bloodstream
D) Displacing fluid in the alveoli back into the bloodstream
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A physician who diagnoses and treats diseases of the kidney, bladder, and urinary system is a(n)
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