Apt-Downey test (APT) for fetal hemoglobin is used to determine:
A) the source of occult blood in stool.
B) whether blood found in the stool of neonates originated from maternal blood that was swallowed or is secondary to disease in the newborn.
C) the genetic composition of heme derivative in stool specimens.
D) the fecal fat composition of stool specimens.
B
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When performing a sliding transfer using a sheet, the PT/PTA grasps the sheet with the forearm:
a. pronated. b. supinated.
A patient who appears dead due to a deep cold-water drowning should be:
a. left at the scene for the medical examiner to pick up. b. transported to a medical facility while being given rescue breathing only. c. transported to a medical facility while being given CPR. d. warmed up prior to transport and then given continuing CPR.
Physician sees a twelve-year-old girl for lower abdominal pain that has troubled her for the past six months, occurring between her menstrual periods. Pain is very severe and intermittent for two to three days, and then subsides until the beginning of her next period, about two weeks later. Patient is well known to the physician, and is doing well in seventh grade at Midcoast Middle school. What
is the overall history level? A. Problem-focused B. Expanded problem-focused C. Detailed D. Comprehensive
When using the Potter Box, the step that asks: "What is the question?" is the __________ step
a. definition b. identification c. guidance d. loyalties